# The Health Boards (Membership) (Scotland) Regulations 2013

S.S.I. 2013/334 · made 20 November 2013

These Regulations revoke and replace the Health Boards (Membership) (Scotland) Regulations 2009 (“the 2009 Regulations”).

Made under: National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (Section 2, Section 105, Schedule 1 paragraph 2, Schedule 1 paragraph 10A, Schedule 1 paragraph 11)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/health-boards-membership-scotland-regulations-2013/pdf/ssi_20130334_en.pdf; Policy Note https://openlegislation.uk/health-boards-membership-scotland-regulations-2013/pdf/ssipn_20130334_en.pdf

## Introductory text

National Health Service
Representation Of The People
Made 20th November 2013
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 22nd November 2013
Coming into force 31st December 2013
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(10) and 105(6) and (7) of, and by paragraphs 2(2), 10A(3) and 11(a) of Schedule 1 to, 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) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 and come into force on 31st December 2013.

## 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;
“the 2009 Regulations” means the Health Boards (Membership) (Scotland) Regulations 2009;
“appointed members” has the meaning given by paragraph 2(1)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Act;
“councillor members” has the meaning given by paragraph 2(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Act;
“specified Health Board” means a Health Board specified in column 1 of the table in regulation 3.

## 3 Number of members of specified Health Boards

In respect of the following table:—
(a) the total number of members in relation to the specified Health Board is the number mentioned in the corresponding entry in column 2;
(b) the number of appointed members in relation to the specified Health Board is the number mentioned in the corresponding entry in column 3; and
(c) the number of councillor members in relation to the specified Health Board is the number mentioned in the corresponding entry in column 4.
Column 1
Health Board
Column 2
Total number of members
Column 3
Number of appointed members
Column 4
Number of councillor members
Fife
17
16
1
Dumfries and Galloway
15
14
1

## 4 Revocation

The 2009 Regulations are revoked.

## 5 Incidental provision

(1) Amendments made by the 2009 Regulations to the 2001 Regulations cease to have effect.
(2) The 2001 Regulations, as they existed immediately before being amended by the 2009 Regulations, are revived.
(3) In this regulation, “the 2001 Regulations” means the Health Boards (Membership and Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2001.
(4) This regulation has effect only in respect of the specified Health Boards.

## Signature

ALEX NEIL
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
20th November 2013

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations revoke and replace the Health Boards (Membership) (Scotland) Regulations 2009 (“the 2009 Regulations”).
Regulation 3 specifies the total number of members and the number of each type of member of Fife and Dumfries and Galloway Health Boards; this is in accordance with paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 1 to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 as it has been modified for Fife and Dumfries and Galloway Health Board areas by the Health Boards (Membership and Elections) (Scotland) Act 2009.
Regulation 4 revokes the 2009 Regulations. Regulation 5 makes incidental provision to revive how the Health Boards (Membership and Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2001 stood immediately prior to being amended by the 2009 Regulations.

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