The National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (Supplementary, Consequential etc. Provisions) Regulations 2002

58.—(1) The National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) Regulations 1992(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), the definition of “FHSA” is omitted.

(3) In regulation 10 (procedure on appeal), in paragraph (2), after “that Authority” there is inserted “or Trust”.

(4) In regulation 15 (excessive prescribing by doctors), in paragraph (22), for sub-paragraph (b) there is substituted—

“(b) the other two shall be engaged in the provision of general medical services, of whom one shall be nominated by the body mentioned in paragraph (3)(a)(ii) and the other shall be nominated by the Secretary of State.”.

(5) In Schedule 7 (rules of procedure under regulation 18), in paragraph 2(1) for “either the FHSA” there is substituted “the Health Authority, Primary Care Trust”.

(6) In Schedule 8 (forms for use in proceedings before tribunal)—

(a) for “Family Health Services Authority” in both places where it occurs, there is substituted “(fa)”; and

(b) after paragraph (f) in the notes, in both places, there is inserted—

“(fa) whether Primary Care Trust (in England) or Health Authority (in Wales);”.

(1)

S.I. 1992/664, amended by S.I. 1996/703 and 1998/674. Further amendments to the National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) Regulations 1992 are contained in Schedules 5 and 10.