Paragraph 2 Interpretation

In these Rules—

• “Appointing Authority” means the Secretary of State for Health, the Scottish Ministers, the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland or the National Assembly for Wales;

• “Appropriate Appointing Authority” means, in relation to a determination to remove a member, the Appointing Authority that appointed that Member;

• “Chair” means the chair of the Board and, except for the purposes of rules 4(4) and 5(4)(a), includes the First Chair;

• “Code of Conduct” means such code of conduct as the Board may from time to time adopt, providing direction or guidance as to conduct in office of a Member;

• “Deputy Chair” means a Member who has been authorised by the Board to carry out such duties as are normally undertaken by the Chair when the Chair is unavailable to carry out those duties;

• “FHSAA” means the Family Health Services Appeal Authority constituted under section 49S of the National Health Service Act 1977^f1 (the Family Health Services Appeal Authority);

• “First Chair” means the first chair of the Board appointed under paragraph 3(3) or (6) of Schedule 2 to the General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Order 2003 (which relates to the Board and its statutory committees);

• “Member” means a member of the Board and includes the Chair except for the First Chair;

• “National Disqualification” means—

  1. (a)

     a decision made by the FHSAA under section 49N of the National Health Service Act 1977^f2 (national disqualification); or

  2. (b)

     a decision made under provisions in force in Scotland or Northern Ireland corresponding to section 49N of the National Health Service Act 1977;

• “NHS Body” means—

  1. (a)

     any Foundation Trust within the meaning of section 1 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003^f3 (NHS Foundation Trusts); and

  2. (b)

     any health service body referred to in section 4(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990^f4 (NHS contracts);

• “Primary Care List” means any list referred to in section 49N(1)(c) of the National Health Service Act 1977 or a list corresponding to any of those lists in Scotland or Northern Ireland;

• “Relevant Licensing Body” means any body whose functions include the accreditation, registration, licensing or regulation of persons engaged—

  1. (a)

     in medical practice or dentistry; or

  2. (b)

     in activities which, in the reasonable opinion of the Board, are otherwise relevant to the duties of a Member;

• “Registrable Medical Qualification” means any qualification that is registrable under the Medical Act; and

• “Unexpired Term” means the period beginning with the date on which the Member ceases to be a Member and ending with the date on which his full term of office as a Member would ordinarily have expired.