Statutory Instruments
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
13th July 2007
Laid before Parliament
19th July 2007
Coming into force
31st August 2007
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers in sections 252(4) and 272(7) and (8) of the National Health Service Act 2006(1), makes the following Regulations:—
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Patient Information Advisory Group (Establishment) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 31st August 2007.
2. In regulation 3(2) of the Patient Information Advisory Group (Establishment) Regulations 2001(2) (maximum period of membership of the Advisory Group) for “six years” there is substituted “nine years”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Ben Bradshaw
Minister of State
Department of Health
13th July 2007
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations, made under sections 252(4) and 272(7) and (8) of the National Health Service Act 2006 extend the maximum period for which a person may be a member of the Patient Information Advisory Group from six to nine years. They apply only to England and Wales.
A full regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.