# The National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998

S.I. 1998/1458 · made 9 June 1998

These Regulations further amend the National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 1991 (“the principal Regulations”) which make provision concerning the membership and procedure of NHS trusts. Regulation 8(1)(g) of the principal regulations which disqualifies a person holding a paid appointment or office with a trade union which represents the interests of members which are employed by a health service body from being a chairman or non-executive director of an NHS trust is omitted.

Made under: National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (Section 12A, Section 105, Section 108)

## Introductory text

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, SCOTLAND
Made 9th June 1998
Laid before Parliament 15th June 1998
Coming into force 6th July 1998
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 12A(5), 105(7) and 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 6th July 1998.
(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 1991.

## 2 Amendment of the principal Regulations

In regulation 8 of the principal Regulations (disqualification for appointment: chairman and non-executive directors) paragraph (1)(g) shall be omitted.

## Signature

Sam Galbraith
Minister for Health Scottish Office
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
9th June 1998

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 1991 (“the principal Regulations”) which make provision concerning the membership and procedure of NHS trusts. Regulation 8(1)(g) of the principal regulations which disqualifies a person holding a paid appointment or office with a trade union which represents the interests of members which are employed by a health service body from being a chairman or non-executive director of an NHS trust is omitted.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1458 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-trusts-membership-and-procedure-scotland-amendment-regulations-1998
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.