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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-trusts-membership-and-procedure-regulations-1990/schedule/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/2024",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 1990",
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  "number": "2",
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  "text": "(1) The chairman may call a meeting of the NHS trust at any time.\n(2) If the chairman refuses to call a meeting after a requisition for that purpose, signed by at least one third of the whole number of directors, has been presented to him or if, without so refusing, the chairman does not call a meeting within seven days after such requisition has been presented to him, such one third or more members shall forthwith call a meeting.\n(3) Before each meeting of an NHS trust, a notice of the meeting, specifying the business proposed to be transacted at it and signed by the chairman, or by an officer of the trust authorised by the chairman to sign on his behalf, shall be delivered to every director or sent by post to the usual place of residence of such director so as to be available to him at least three clear days before the meeting.\n(4) Lack of service of the notice on any director shall not affect the validity of a meeting.\n(5) In the case of a meeting called by directors in default of the chairman, the notice shall be signed by those directors and no business shall be transacted at the meeting other than that specified in the notice.",
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      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2022"
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      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2022"
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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