1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Boards (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 1997 Act” means the National Health Service Act 1977(1);
“the Act” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;
“Board” means a Health Board constituted under section 2(1) of the Act;
“the Charity Commissioners” means the Charity Commissioners constituted in accordance with section 1 of the Charities Act 1993(2);
“Chief Officer” means the person or persons holding the post of Chief Executive;
“committee” means a committee of a Board and includes “sub-committee”
“contract” includes any arrangement including a NHS contract;
“health service body” means a person or body specified in section 17A(2) of the Act(3);
“meeting” means a meeting of the Board or of any committee;
“member” means a member of a Board and includes the chairperson;
“NHS trust” means a National Health Service trust established under section 12A of the Act(4).
(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 the Schedule is to the Schedule to these Regulations.
Section 17A(2) was inserted by the 1990 Act, section 30 and amended by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8), Schedule 1.
Section 12A was inserted by the 1990 Act, section 31 and amended by the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46), Schedule 2, paragraph 46 and by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8), sections 46 and 48 and Schedule 4, paragraph 45.