# The Local Audit (Health Service Bodies Auditor Panel and Independence) Regulations 2015, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement, interpretation and application

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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Audit (Health Service Bodies Auditor Panel and Independence) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 1st April 2015.
(2) In these Regulations—
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“governing board” means—
(a)in relation to an NHS trust, the body of executive and non-executive directors of that trust; and
(b)in relation to an integrated care board, the members of that integrated care board;
“health service body” means an integrated care board or an NHS trust;
“an integrated care board” means an integrated care board established under Chapter A3 of Part 2 of the National Health Service Act 2006;
“member of an integrated care board” means the chair, the chief executive or an ordinary member of an integrated care board as specified in the constitution of the integrated care board as a member of that board;
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“a non-executive member” means—
(a)...
(b)in relation to an NHS trust, a person who is a non-executive director of that trust.
(3) These Regulations apply to health service bodies.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/18/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-audit-health-service-bodies-auditor-panel-and-independence-regulations-2015/regulation-1
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