PART IGENERAL
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 28th September 2001.
(2) In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires–
“the 1977 Act” means the National Health Service Act 1977(1);
“the Act” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;
“the Charity Commissioners” means the Charity Commissioners constituted in accordance with section 1 of the Charities Act 1993(2);
“chief finance officer” in relation to a NHS trust means the person or persons holding the post of Director of Finance of the;
“chief officer” in relation to a NHS trust means the person or persons holding the post of Chief Executive of the trust;
“committee” means a committee of a NHS trust and includes sub-committee;
“contract” includes any arrangement including a NHS contract;
“director” in relation to a NHS trust includes its chairperson, trustees and executive directors, which have the meanings indicated by section 12A(3)(a) of the Act(3);
“health service body” means a person or body specified in section 17A(2) of the Act(4);
“management team” means the board of directors of a NHS trust designated by section 12A(3)(a) of the Act;
“meeting” means a meeting of the management team or of any committee;
“NHS trust” means a National Health Service trust established under section 12A of the Act.
(3) A reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation is to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations and a reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph bearing that number in that regulation and a reference to a numbered Schedule is to a Schedule bearing that number to these Regulations.
Section 12A(3) was inserted by the 1990 Act, section 31, and amended by the 1999 Act, section 48.
Section 17A(2) was inserted by the 1990 Act, section 30 and amended by the 1999 Act, Schedule 1.