The Wales Centre for Health (Constitution, Membership and Procedures ) Regulations 2004

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Wales Centre for Health (Constitution, Membership and Procedures) Regulations 2004 and come into force on 31 July 2004.

(2) In these Regulations—

“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Health (Wales) Act 2003;

“the Assembly” (“y Cynulliad”) means the National Assembly for Wales;

“the Centre” (“y Ganolfan”) means the Wales Centre for Health or Canolfan Iechyd Cymru(1);

“co-opted member” (“aelod cyfetholedig”) or “co-opted members” (“aelodau cyfetholedig”) means a person or persons appointed by the Centre in accordance with regulation 2(4);

“chair” (“cadeirydd”) means the person appointed by the Assembly pursuant to section 2(3) of the Act;

“health service body” (“corff gwasanaeth iechyd”) means a Health Authority, Special Health Authority, Strategic Health Authority, Local Health Board, National Health Service Trust, or Primary Care Trust; and

“member” (“aelod”) or “members” (“aelodau”) means a person or persons appointed by the Assembly pursuant to section 2(2) of the Act and, except where the context requires, includes the chair.

(1)

The Wales Centre for Health will be established on the coming into force of sections 2 and 3 of and Schedule 2 to the Health (Wales) Act 2003 (“the Act”). Sections 2 and 3 of and paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 to the Act came into force for the purposes of making regulations only on 20 October 2003 in accordance with the Health (Wales) Act 2003 (Commencement No.1) Order 2003 S.I.2003/2660 (W.256) (C.102).