# The National Patient Safety Agency Regulations 2001, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation


(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Patient Safety Agency Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 2nd July 2001.
(2) These Regulations extend to England only.
(3) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the National Health Service Act 1977;
“the Agency” means the National Patient Safety Agency established by the Order;
“the chairman” means the chairman of the Agency;
“health service body” shall be construed in accordance with section 4 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;
“member” means a member of the Agency other than the chairman;
“non-officer member” means a member who is not an officer of the Agency;
“the Order” means the National Patient Safety Agency (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2001.
(4) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations, and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in that regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1742/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-patient-safety-agency-regulations-2001/regulation-1
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