{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-act-2006/section-60",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-act-2006/section-60.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/41",
  "legislation_title": "National Health Service Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-act-2006",
  "path": "section/60",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "60",
  "heading": "Voting and standing for election",
  "text": "(1) A person may not vote at an election for the council of governors of an NHS foundation trust unless, within the specified period, he has made a declaration in the specified form of the particulars of his qualification to vote as a member of the constituency, or class within a constituency, for which the election is being held.\n(2) A person may not stand for election to the council unless—\n(a) he has within the specified period made a declaration in the specified form of the particulars of his qualification to vote as a member of the constituency, or class within a constituency, for which the election is being held, and\n(b) he is not prevented from being a member of the council by paragraph 8 of Schedule 7.\n(3) A person elected to the council may not vote at a meeting of the council unless—\n(a) he has within the specified period made a declaration in the specified form of the particulars of his qualification to vote as a member of the trust, and\n(b) he is not prevented from being a member of the council by paragraph 8 of Schedule 7.\n(4) This section does not apply to an election held for the staff constituency.\n(5) “Specified” means specified in the trust's constitution.\n(6) A person is guilty of an offence if he—\n(a) makes a declaration under this section which he knows to be false in a material particular, or\n(b) recklessly makes such a declaration which is false in a material particular.\n(7) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 60(1) substituted (1.10.2012) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 151(9)(a), 306(4); S.I. 2012/1831, art. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 60(2)(3) substituted (1.10.2012) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 151(9)(b), 306(4); S.I. 2012/1831, art. 2(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/41/section/60",
    "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."
}