National Health Service Act 2006

Membership

4 (1) Regulations may make provision about—

(a) the appointment of the chairman and other members of a Primary Care Trust (including any conditions to be fulfilled for appointment),

(b) the tenure of office of the chairman and other members of a Primary Care Trust (including the circumstances in which they cease to hold office or may be removed or suspended from office),

(c) how many persons may be appointed as members of a Primary Care Trust and how many of those members may be officers (a minimum and maximum number may be specified for both purposes),

(d) the appointment and constitution of any committees of a Primary Care Trust (which may include or consist of persons who are not members of the Primary Care Trust),

(e) the appointment and tenure of office of the members of any committees of a Primary Care Trust,

(f) the procedure to be followed by a Primary Care Trust, and by any committee of the Primary Care Trust, in the exercise of its functions,

(g) the circumstances in which a person who is not an officer of the Primary Care Trust must be treated as if he were such an officer.

(2) The power to make provision under paragraphs (c) and (f) of sub-paragraph (1) includes power to make regulations about the number of persons who may be appointed and the procedure to be followed during the preparatory period (within the meaning of paragraph 14(2)).

(3) Any regulations under this paragraph may, in particular, make provision to deal with cases where the post of any officer of a Primary Care Trust is held jointly by two or more persons or where the functions of such an officer are in any other way performed by more than one person.