# Health Service Joint Consultative Committees (Access to Information) Act 1986 (repealed), Section 1: Interpretation.

Extent: E+W

(1) In this Act—
“joint committee” means—
(a) a joint consultative committee appointed pursuant to an order under section 22 of the National Health Service Act 1977 or deemed by virtue of such an order to be so appointed, or
(b) a sub-committee of such a committee, or
(c) a joint sub-committee of two or more such committees; and
“local authority” means a county council, a county borough council, a district council, a London borough council, or the Common Council of the City of London.
(2) Any reference in this Act to a constituent authority shall be construed, in relation to a joint committee, as a reference to a Health Authority or local authority which—
(a) if the committee in question is a joint consultative committee, is represented on that committee, or
(b) if the committee in question is a sub-committee or joint sub-committee, is represented on the joint consultative committee, or (as the case may be) one of the joint consultative committees, that appointed that committee.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/24/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-service-joint-consultative-committees-access-to-information-act-1986-repealed/section-1
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