1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Boards (Membership) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 and come into force on 31st December 2013.
2. In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;
“the 2009 Regulations” means the Health Boards (Membership) (Scotland) Regulations 2009(1);
“appointed members” has the meaning given by paragraph 2(1)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Act;
“councillor members” has the meaning given by paragraph 2(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Act;
“specified Health Board” means a Health Board specified in column 1 of the table in regulation 3.
3. In respect of the following table:—
(a)the total number of members in relation to the specified Health Board is the number mentioned in the corresponding entry in column 2;
(b)the number of appointed members in relation to the specified Health Board is the number mentioned in the corresponding entry in column 3; and
(c)the number of councillor members in relation to the specified Health Board is the number mentioned in the corresponding entry in column 4.
4. The 2009 Regulations are revoked.
5.—(1) Amendments made by the 2009 Regulations(4) to the 2001 Regulations cease to have effect.
(2) The 2001 Regulations, as they existed immediately before being amended by the 2009 Regulations, are revived.
(3) In this regulation, “the 2001 Regulations” means the Health Boards (Membership and Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2001(5).
(4) This regulation has effect only in respect of the specified Health Boards.
ALEX NEIL
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
20th November 2013