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

Community Health Councils Regulations 1996

69.—(1) The Community Health Councils Regulations 1996(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation), in paragraph (2), after the definition of “relevant Primary Care Trust” there is inserted—

• ““relevant Strategic Health Authority” means, in relation to a Council, any Strategic Health Authority whose area, or any part of whose area, is included in the district of the Council;”.

(3) In regulation 7 (disqualification for membership)—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a) before (i) there is inserted—

“(zi) a Strategic Health Authority;”,

(ii) in sub-paragraph (aa) before (i) there is inserted—

“(zi) a relevant Strategic Health Authority;”, and

(iii) in sub-paragraph (b), before “the relevant Health Authority” there is inserted “a relevant Strategic Health Authority,”; and

(b) in paragraph (2), before sub-paragraph (b), there is inserted—

“(aa) a Strategic Health Authority;”.

(4) In regulation 16 (reports),—

(a) in paragraph (1)(b), before “relevant Health Authority” there is inserted “relevant Strategic Health Authority,”; and

(b) in paragraph (2), before “relevant Health Authority” there is inserted “relevant Strategic Health Authority or”.

(5) In regulation 17 (advising on operation of the health service), before “relevant Health Authority” there is inserted “relevant Strategic Health Authority,”.

(6) In regulation 18 (consultation of councils by relevant health authorities), in paragraph (1)—

(a) before “relevant Health Authority” there is inserted “relevant Strategic Health Authority or”; and

(b) before “Authority's” there is inserted “Strategic Health”.

(7) In regulation 19 (information to be furnished by relevant Health Authorities), in paragraph (1), before “relevant Health Authority” there is inserted “relevant Strategic Health Authority,”.

(1)

S.I. 1996/640, amended by S.I. 1997/2289, 1999/2906 and 2000/657. Further amendments to the Community Health Councils Regulations 1996 are contained in Schedules 2 and 9.