# The Health Authorities (Membership and Procedure) Amendment Regulations 2011, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Health Authorities (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 1996.
Regulation 2 increases the maximum number of non-officer members who may be appointed to a Strategic Health Authority (an Authority) from seven to eight. It provides the power for two vice-chairmen to be appointed to an Authority by the chair and members, or by the Secretary of State where the chair has been suspended by the Secretary of State, and provides for which of the two vice-chairs (if two are appointed) is to exercise the chair’s functions in certain circumstances (including functions relating to presiding in meetings).
It also amends the disqualification provisions for appointment as a chair or member of an Authority, in order to allow a chair or member of an Authority to be a chair or member of another Authority, and to allow a chair or member of a Special Health Authority to be a chair or non-officer member of an Authority.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2200/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-authorities-membership-and-procedure-amendment-regulations-2011/note
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