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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-authorities-membership-and-procedure-amendment-regulations-1997/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2991",
  "legislation_title": "The Health Authorities (Membership and Procedure) Amendment Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-authorities-membership-and-procedure-amendment-regulations-1997",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations make amendments to regulations concerning the membership and procedure of Health Authorities and certain Special Health Authorities.\nRegulation 2(2) amends the Health Authorities (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 1996 to require the Secretary of State to terminate the tenure of office of a chairman or non-officer member of a Health Authority if the individual concerned fails, without reasonable excuse, to attend a meeting of the Authority for three months (the previous requirement being six months). The Schedule makes similar amendments for a number of Special Health Authorities.\nRegulation 2(3)(a) amends the 1996 Regulations to allow a person to be eligible to be a chairman or non-officer member of a Health Authority even though the person holds a paid appointment or office with a trade union which represents the interests of persons who are employed by a health service body. The Schedule makes similar amendments for a number of Special Health Authorities.\nRegulation 2(3)(b) amends the 1996 Regulations to allow a person who provides general medical services under the National Health Service Act 1977 to be eligible to be a chairman or non-officer member of a Health Authority even though the person holds a part-time paid appointment or office with an NHS trust (other than as chairman or a director). The Schedule makes a similar amendment for the Dental Vocational Training Authority and corrects a minor drafting error.\nRegulation 2(4) amends the 1996 Regulations to allow the chairman and non-officer members of the National Blood Authority and the Prescription Pricing Authority to be eligible to be a chairman or non-officer member of a Health Authority.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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