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- s. 48-69A repealed by 2008 c. 14 Sch. 5 para. 40 Sch. 15 Pt. 1
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- s. 69A inserted by 2004 c. 23 Sch. 2 para. 59
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- S.I. 2003/3346 art. 2-5 commences (2003 c. 43)
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- S.I. 2004/480 art. 2-5 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2004/759 art. 2-13 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2004/866 art. 2 amendment to earlier commencing SI 2004/288
- S.I. 2004/873 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2004/1009 art. 2 amendment to earlier commencing SI 2004/288
- S.I. 2004/1019 art. 2 amendment to earlier commencing SI 2004/480
- S.I. 2004/2626 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 43)
- S.I. 2005/38 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2005/457 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2005/2278 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2005/2925 art. 2 4-11 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2005/3285 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2006/345 art. 8 amendment to earlier commencing SI 2004/480
- S.I. 2006/836 art. 2 amendment to earlier commencing SI 2004/759
- S.I. 2006/836 art. 2 amendment to earlier commencing SI 2005/2925
- S.I. 2006/1407 Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 13 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2006/1680 art. 2 3 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2006/2817 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2006/3397 art. 2 3 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2008/1334 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2011/212 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.S.I. 2007/10 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 43)
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- S.I. 2005/121 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 17)
- S.I. 2005/394 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 31)
- S.I. 2005/558 art. 2 Sch. 1 commences (2004 c. 23)
- S.I. 2005/1432 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 12)
- S.I. 2005/2800 art. 3-5 commences (2005 c. 10)
- S.I. 2006/885 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 31)
- S.I. 2006/2603 art. 2-5 commences (2006 c. 28)
- S.I. 2006/3125 art. 2-4 commences (2006 c. 28)
- S.I. 2007/935 art. 2-7 commences (2006 c. 40)
- S.I. 2007/1102 art. 2 amendment to earlier commencing SI 2004/759
- S.I. 2008/172 art. 2-9 commences (2007 c. 28)
- S.I. 2008/917 art. 2-5 commences (2007 c. 28)
- S.I. 2008/1900 art. 2 commences (2007 c. 12)
- S.I. 2009/462 art. 2-5 commences (2008 c. 14)
- S.I. 2009/1604 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 4)
- S.I. 2009/2611 art. 2 Sch. commences (2006 c. 47)
- S.I. 2010/30 art. 2-4 commences (2009 c. 21)
- S.I. 2010/708 art. 1-14 commences (2008 c. 14)
- S.I. 2010/807 art. 2 Sch. 1 commences (2008 c. 14)
- S.I. 2011/211 art. 2 commences (2008 nawm 1)
- S.I. 2011/211 art. 2 Sch. commences ()
- S.I. 2011/1066 art. 2 commences (2010 c. 15)
- S.S.I. 2007/9 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 28)
- S.S.I. 2011/268 art. 8 commences (2011 asp 7)
Board of GovernorsE+W
7(1)A public benefit corporation is to have a board of governors.E+W
(2)Only members of the corporation and persons appointed under the following provisions may become or continue as members of the board.
(3)The members of the board other than the appointed members are to be chosen by election.
(4)Members of a constituency or, where there are classes within it, members of each class may elect any of their number to be a member of the board.
8(1)The following may not become or continue as members of the board of governors—E+W
(a)a person who has been adjudged bankrupt or whose estate has been sequestrated and (in either case) has not been discharged,
(b)a person who has made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, his creditors and has not been discharged in respect of it,
(c)a person who within the preceding five years has been convicted in the British Islands of any offence if a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not) for a period of not less than three months (without the option of a fine) was imposed on him.
(2)The constitution may make further provision as to the circumstances in which a person may not become or continue as a member of the board.
9(1)More than half of the members of the board of governors are to be elected by members of the corporation other than those who come within paragraph 3(1)(b).E+W
(2)At least three members of the board are to be elected by the staff constituency or, where there are classes within it, at least one member of the board is to be elected by each class and at least three members are to be elected altogether.
(3)At least one member of the board is to be appointed by a Primary Care Trust for which the corporation provides goods or services.
(4)At least one member of the board is to be appointed by one or more qualifying local authorities.
A qualifying local authority is a local authority for an area which includes the whole or part of an area specified in the constitution as the area for a public constituency.
(5)If any of the corporation’s hospitals includes a medical or dental school provided by a university, at least one member of the board is to be appointed by that university.
(6)An organisation specified in the constitution as a partnership organisation may appoint a member of the board.
10(1)An elected member of the board of governors may hold office for a period of three years.E+W
(2)Such a member is to be eligible for re-election at the end of that period.
(3)But such a member ceases to hold office if he ceases to be a member of the corporation.
11The corporation may pay travelling and other expenses to members of the board of governors at rates decided by the corporation.E+W
12The constitution is to provide for the chairman of the corporation or (in his absence) another person to preside at meetings of the board of governors.E+W
13(1)The constitution is to provide for meetings of the board of governors to be open to members of the public.E+W
(2)But the constitution may provide for members of the public to be excluded from a meeting for special reasons.
14(1)The constitution is to make provision as to—E+W
(a)the conduct of elections for membership of the board,
(b)the appointment of persons to membership,
(c)the practice and procedure of the board,
(d)the removal of a member from office.
(2)The constitution may make further provision about the board.
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