The Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee (Wales) Regulations 2009

PART 1 Introduction

Title and commencement

1.  The title of these Regulations is the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee (Wales) Regulations 2009 and they come into force on 17 December 2009.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

• “the Act” (“y Ddeddf ”) means the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006;

• “associate member” (“aelod cyswllt”) means a person who holds any office set out in regulation 3(3);

• “chief executives” (“prif weithredwyr”) means the chief executive of each Local Health Board;

• “existing non-officer members of a Local Health Board” (“aelodau presennol o Fwrdd Iechyd Lleol nad ydynt yn swyddogion”) means the non-officer members of a Local Health Board who have been appointed pursuant to the Local Health Boards (Constitution, Membership and Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2009(1);

• “host Local Health Board” (“Bwrdd Iechyd Lleol cynhaliol”) means Cwm Taf Local Health Board;

• “health service body” (“corff gwasanaeth iechyd”) means a Special Health Authority, Strategic Health Authority, Local Health Board, NHS Trust, NHS Foundation Trust or Primary Care Trust;

• “Local Health Board” (“Bwrdd Iechyd Lleol”) means a Local Health Board established in accordance with section 11(2) of the Act(2);

• “non-officer member” (“aelod nad yw'n swyddog”) means a member of the joint committee who holds any office set out in regulation 3(1)(c);

• “officer member” (“swyddog-aelod”) means a member of the joint committee who holds any office set out in regulation 3(2); and

• “the joint committee” (“y cyd-bwyllgor”) means the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee established pursuant to the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee (Wales) Directions 2009 made on 1 October 2009.

(1)

S.I. 2009/779 (W.67).

(2)

Powys Teaching Local Health Board was established under the Local Health Boards (Establishment) (Wales) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/148 (W.18)). Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Local Health Board, Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board, Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board, Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board, Cwm Taf Local Health Board and Hywel Dda Local Health Board were established under the Local Health Boards (Establishment and Dissolution) (Wales) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/778 (W.66)).