2003 No. 217
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

The National Health Service (Constitution of Health Boards) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2003

Made
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 19781, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the National Health Service (Constitution of Health Boards) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003.

Amendment of the National Health Service (Constitution of Health Boards) (Scotland) Order 19742.

(1)

The National Health Service (Constitution of Health Boards) (Scotland) Order 19742 is amended as follows.

(2)

Omit article 5.

(3)

For the Schedule, substitute the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

MALCOLM CHISHOLM
A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh

SCHEDULESCHEDULE AS SUBSTITUTED BY THIS ORDER

Article 2(3)

SCHEDULE

Article 4

Title of Health Board

  • Argyll and Clyde Health Board

  • Ayrshire and Arran Health Board

  • Borders Health Board

  • Dumfries and Galloway Health Board

  • Fife Health Board

  • Forth Valley Health Board

  • Grampian Health Board

  • Greater Glasgow Health Board

  • Highland Health Board

  • Lanarkshire Health Board

  • Lothian Health Board

  • Orkney Health Board

  • Shetland Health Board

  • Tayside Health Board

  • Western Isles Health Board

(This Note is not part of the Order)

This Order deletes article 5 of the National Health Service (Constitution of Health Boards) (Scotland) Order 1974 (“the 1974 Order”) which provided that each health board shall consist of a chairman and such numbers of other members, not more than a maximum number.

As a consequence of the deletion of article 5, the Schedule to the 1974 Order is replaced.