{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-authorities-membership-and-procedure-amendment-regulations-1997/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-authorities-membership-and-procedure-amendment-regulations-1997/regulation-2.json",
  "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",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the principal Regulations",
  "text": "(1) The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.\n(2) In regulation 8(5) (termination of tenure of office) for the words “six months” substitute the words “three months”.\n(3) In regulation 10 (disqualification for appointment)—\n(a) in paragraph (1) omit sub-paragraph (l); and\n(b) for paragraph (4) substitute the following paragraph—\n“(4) A person shall not be disqualified under paragraph (1)(j) by virtue of holding any paid appointment or office where—\n(a) he holds a post in a university; or\n(b) he is a person providing general medical services under the 1977 Act,\nand the paid appointment or office is a part-time appointment or office, other than as chairman or as a director, with an NHS trust.”.\n(4) In Schedule 2 (Special Health Authorities of which the chairman and members are not disqualified under regulation 10(1)(g))—\n(a) after “Mental Health Act Commission” insert—\n“National Blood Authority”; and\n(b) after “National Health Service Supplies Authority” insert—\n“Prescription Pricing Authority”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See, for the definition of “the 1977 Act”, regulation 1(2) of the principal Regulations."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2991/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:40:27.186584+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}