# The Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (Members – Removal from Office) Rules Order 2004, 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 (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—
(a) a decision made by the FHSAA under section 49N of the National Health Service Act 1977 (national disqualification); or
(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—
(a) any Foundation Trust within the meaning of section 1 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (NHS Foundation Trusts); and
(b) any health service body referred to in section 4(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (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—
(a) in medical practice or dentistry; or
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/3410/schedule/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/postgraduate-medical-education-and-training-board-members-removal-from-office-rules-order-2004/schedule/paragraph-2
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