# The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Establishment and Constitution) Amendment Order 1999

S.I. 1999/2219 · made 5 August 1999

This Order amends the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Establishment and Constitution) Order 1999 by extending the functions which the Secretary of State may direct the Institute to exercise and by providing that the Institute shall be a body to which the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 applies. The effect of this latter amendment is that, save as provided for by that Act, representatives of the press and other members of the public must be admitted to the meetings of the Institute.

Made under: National Health Service Act 1977 (Section 11, Section 126)

## Introductory text

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 5th August 1999
Laid before Parliament 6th August 1999
Coming into force 27th August 1999
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 11(1) and (2) and 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

## 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Establishment and Constitution) Amendment Order 1999 and shall come into force on 27th August 1999.

## 2 Amendment of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Establishment and Constitution) Order 1999

(1) The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Establishment and Constitution) Order 1999 is amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this article.
(2) In article 3 (functions of the Institute) after the words “promotion of clinical excellence” there are inserted the words “and of the effective use of available resources”.
(3) After article 5 there is added—
“Admission to meetings
6 The Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 shall apply to the Institute.”

## Signature

Frank Dobson
Secretary of State for Health
5th August 1999

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Establishment and Constitution) Order 1999 by extending the functions which the Secretary of State may direct the Institute to exercise and by providing that the Institute shall be a body to which the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 applies. The effect of this latter amendment is that, save as provided for by that Act, representatives of the press and other members of the public must be admitted to the meetings of the Institute.

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