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The National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) Amendment Regulations 1999

S.I. 1999/945 · Made 23 March 1999

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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 23rd March 1999

Laid before Parliament 23rd March 1999

Coming into force 24th March 1999

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred by section 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977f1 and section 5(7) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990f2 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1977 c. 49 (“the 1977 Act”); section 126(4) was amended by section 65(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”). See, for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”, section 128(1) of the 1977 Act, as amended by section 26(2)(g) and (i) of the 1990 Act.

f2

1990 c. 19; section 5(7) was amended by paragraph 69(d) of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17).

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Amendment of the principal Regulations
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) Amendment Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 24th March 1999.

(2)

In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means The National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 1990f1.

2Amendment of the principal Regulations

In paragraph (5) of regulation 11 of the principal Regulations (disqualification for appointment of chairmen and non-executive directors)f1, after the words “National Blood Authority” there are inserted the words “, the National Health Service Information Authority, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence”.

Signature

Frank Dobson

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State,

Department of Health

23rd March 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 1990 (“the principal Regulations”) which make provision in connection with the membership and procedure of NHS trusts established under Part I of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990.

In particular, they amend paragraph 5 of regulation 11 of the principal Regulations so as to allow the chairman or a non-officer member of the National Health Service Information Authority and of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence to be a chairman or non-executive director of an NHS trust.