# The Health Boards (Membership and Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025

S.S.I. 2025/147 · made 13 May 2025

These Regulations amend the Health Boards (Membership and Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2001 (“the Principal Regulations”) which make provision as to the membership and procedure of Health Boards established under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (“the 1978 Act”). Appointments to the Health Boards are made by the Scottish Ministers.

Made under: National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (Section 2, Schedule 1 paragraph 2A)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/health-boards-membership-and-procedure-scotland-amendment-regulations-2025/pdf/ssi_20250147_en.pdf; Policy Note https://openlegislation.uk/health-boards-membership-and-procedure-scotland-amendment-regulations-2025/pdf/ssipn_20250147_en_001.pdf

## Introductory text

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
Made 13th May 2025
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 15th May 2025
Coming into force 7th July 2025
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(10) and paragraph 2A of Schedule 1 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

## 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Health Boards (Membership and Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 and comes into force on 7 July 2025.

## 2 Amendment of the Health Boards (Membership and Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2001

In regulation 3 of the Health Boards (Membership and Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2001 before “Grampian” insert “Fife, ”.

## Signature

NEIL GRAY
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew's House,
Edinburgh
13th May 2025

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Health Boards (Membership and Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2001 (“the Principal Regulations”) which make provision as to the membership and procedure of Health Boards established under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (“the 1978 Act”). Appointments to the Health Boards are made by the Scottish Ministers.
Regulation 2 adds Fife Health Board to the Health Boards listed in Regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations. For the purposes of paragraph 2A of Schedule 1 of the 1978 Act, the Health Boards listed in Regulation 3 must have at least one appointed member who holds a post at a university with a medical or dental school. The other Health Boards listed in Regulation 3 are the Boards in Grampian, Greater Glasgow, Lothian and Tayside.

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