Regulation 1 Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service Appointments Commission Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 1st April 2001.

These Regulations extend to England only.

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the National Health Service Act 1977;

• “the Commission” means the National Health Service Appointments Commission established by the Order;

• “the chairman” means the chairman of the Commission;

• “Executive Committee” means a committee of a Primary Care Trust appointed under regulation 9(1) of the Primary Care Trusts (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 2000^f1;

• “health service body” shall be construed in accordance with section 4 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990^f2;

• “member” means a member of the Commission other than the chairman;

• “the Order” means the National Health Service Appointments Commission (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2001^f3;

• “Regional Commissioner” means a member appointed pursuant to article 4(b) of the Order.

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations, and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in that regulation.