{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-wales-act-2006/schedule-3/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-wales-act-2006/schedule-3/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/42",
  "legislation_title": "National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-wales-act-2006",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Each NHS trust has a board of directors consisting of—\n(a) a chairman appointed by the Welsh Ministers, ...\n(aa) if the Welsh Ministers consider it appropriate, a vice-chair appointed by them, and\n(b) executive and non-executive directors.\n(2) Sub-paragraph (1)(b) is subject to paragraph 7(2).\n(3) An executive director is a director who is an employee of the NHS trust, and a non-executive director is a director who is not an employee of the NHS trust.\n(4) Sub-paragraph (3) is subject to any provision made by regulations under paragraph 4(1)(d).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 3 para. 3(1)(a) omitted (8.3.2022) by virtue of Health and Social Care (Quality and Engagement) (Wales) Act 2020 (asc 1), ss. 24(2)(b), 29(2); S.I. 2022/208, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 3(1)(aa) inserted (8.3.2022) by Health and Social Care (Quality and Engagement) (Wales) Act 2020 (asc 1), ss. 24(2)(a), 29(2); S.I. 2022/208, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted for Sch. 3 para. 32",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/42/schedule/3/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:50.847860+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}