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The Retained Organs Commission (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2001

S.I. 2001/743 · Made 8 March 2001

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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

Made 8th March 2001

Laid before Parliament 9th March 2001

Coming into force 1st April 2001

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 11(1), (2) and (4) of, and paragraph 9(7)(b) of Schedule 5 to, the National Health Service Act 1977f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1977 c. 49; section 11 was amended by paragraph 31 of Schedule 1 to the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), by Schedule 10 to the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”) and by paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 to the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”); sub-paragraph (7) was inserted in paragraph 9 of Schedule 5 by paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 1 to the 1990 Act and was amended by paragraph 60(h) of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Act. The functions of the Secretary of State under these provisions are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2(a) of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672, as amended by section 66(5) of the 1999 Act.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation
  2. 2Establishment of the Commission
  3. 3Functions of the Commission
  4. 4Constitution of the Commission
  5. 5Remuneration of members
  6. 6Public meetings
  7. Signature
  8. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Retained Organs Commission (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1st April 2001.

(2)

This Order extends to England only.

(3)

In this Order “the Commission” means the Retained Organs Commission established by this Order.

2Establishment of the Commission

There is hereby established a Special Health Authority which shall be known as the Retained Organs Commission.

3Functions of the Commission

Subject to and in accordance with such directions as the Secretary of State may givef1, the Commission shall perform—

(a)

such functions in connection with the removal, retention and storage of human tissue and organs, and

(b)

such other functions,

as the Secretary of State may direct.

4Constitution of the Commission

The Commission shall consist of—

(a)

a chairman,

(b)

not less than 4 and not more than 7 members who are not officers of the Commission,

(c)

the person who for the time being who holds the office of Chief Executive of the Commission, and

(d)

one other officer of the Commission.

5Remuneration of members

The Commission is hereby specified for the purposes of paragraph 9(7)(b) of Schedule 5 to the National Health Service Act 1977 (definition of “relevant authority” for the purposes of paying remuneration to members of Health Authorities and certain Special Health Authorities).

6Public meetings

The Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960f1 shall apply to the Commission.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Hunt

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Health

8th March 2001

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the establishment and constitution of a Special Health Authority, to be known as the Retained Organs Commission (“the Commission”), to exercise on behalf of the Secretary of State such functions in connection with the removal, retention and storage of human tissue and organs and such other functions as he may direct it to perform.

Article 2 of the Order establishes the Commission, the functions of which are described in article 3 and are to be specified more particularly in directions given by the Secretary of State. Provision is also made for the constitution of the Commission (article 4), for the remuneration of members of the Commission (article 5) and for the admission of the public to meetings (article 6).