{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nhs-direct-regulations-2004/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nhs-direct-regulations-2004/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/570",
  "legislation_title": "The NHS Direct Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nhs-direct-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointment and tenure of office of chairman and members",
  "text": "(1) The chairman and non-officer members shall be appointed by the Secretary of State.\n(2) Subject to regulation 5 (termination of tenure of office of chairman and non-officer members), the term of office of the chairman and non-officer members shall be such period, not exceeding 4 years, as the Secretary of State shall specify on making the appointment.\n(3) Subject to regulation 3 (disqualification for appointment), the chairman and any non-officer member shall, on the termination of his office, be eligible for re-appointment.\n(4) The chairman and non-officer members shall appoint the members who are officers of the Authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/570/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:30:59.790761+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."
}