{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-act-2006/schedule-A1/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/41",
  "legislation_title": "National Health Service Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-act-2006",
  "path": "schedule/A1/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "The chief executive and other executive members: appointment and status",
  "text": "(1) The chief executive and the other executive members of NHS England are to be appointed by the non-executive members.\n(2) A person may not be appointed as chief executive without the consent of the Secretary of State.\n(3) The chief executive and the other executive members are to be employees of NHS England.\n(4) The first chief executive of NHS England is to be appointed by the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. A1 inserted (1.10.2012 for specified purposes, 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 9(2), 306(4), Sch. 1 (with Sch. 6 para. 2); S.I. 2012/1831, art. 2(2) (with art. 3(3)); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Act substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(2); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/41/schedule/A1/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:55.183741+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}