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The National Health Service Litigation Authority (Amendment) Regulations 2000

S.I. 2000/2433 · Made 11 September 2000

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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 11th September 2000

Laid before Parliament 11th September 2000

Coming into force 1st October 2000

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 126(4) of, and paragraph 12 of Schedule 5 to, the National Health Service Act 1977f1, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

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1977 c. 49; section 126(4) was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), section 65(2) and by the Health Act (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”), Schedule 4, paragraph 37(6); paragraph 12 of Schedule 5 was amended by article 7 of S.I. 1985/39, by the 1990 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 9, by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17), Schedule 1, paragraph 60(e) and by the 1999 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 39(4); see section 128(1), as amended by section 26(2)(i) of the 1990 Act, for the definition of “regulations”. The functions of the Secretary of State under these provisions which are exercisable in relation to a cross-border body and which, by their nature, are not functions which can be specifically exercised in relation to Wales, are exercisable concurrently by the Secretary of State by virtue of article 2(c) of, and the entry for the 1977 Act in Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672, as amended by section 66(5) of the 1999 Act.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of Regulations
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service Litigation Authority (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st October 2000.

2Amendment of Regulations

In the National Health Service Litigation Authority Regulations 1995f1, in regulation 7 (disqualification for appointment), in paragraph (1)(e), for “a director” substitute “an executive director”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Yvette Cooper

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health,

Department of Health

11th September 2000

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service Litigation Authority Regulations 1995 to provide that a non-executive director of an NHS trust may hold office as the chairman or a non-officer member of the National Health Service Litigation Authority.