# Health Authorities Act 1995, Paragraph 59


In Schedule 5 (authorities), insert as Part I (and in substitution for the existing heading of the Schedule)—
“Health Authorities and Special Health Authorities
Part I
Membership of Health Authorities
1 A Health Authority shall consist of—
(a) a chairman appointed by the Secretary of State;
(b) not more than a prescribed number of persons (not being officers of the Health Authority) appointed by the Secretary of State; and
(c) a prescribed number of officers of the Health Authority.
2 Regulations may provide that all or any of the persons appointed as members of a Health Authority under paragraph 1(b) above—
(a) must hold posts of a prescribed description; or
(b) must fulfil any other prescribed conditions.
3 Regulations shall provide that each of the persons who is a member of a Health Authority under paragraph 1(c) above must either—
(a) hold an office of the Health Authority of a prescribed description; or
(b) be appointed by the chairman of the Health Authority and the persons appointed as members of the Health Authority under paragraph 1(b) above.
4 Regulations may provide for a person of a prescribed description who is not an officer of a Health Authority to be treated for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, and any other prescribed provision relating to members of (or of committees or sub-committees of) Health Authorities, as if he were such an officer.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/17/schedule/1/paragraph/59 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-authorities-act-1995/schedule-1/paragraph-59
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