Valid from 24/06/2009
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1A inserted (temp. from 24.6.2009 for certain purposes and otherwise prosp.) by Health Boards (Membership and Elections) (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 5), ss. 2(3), 4, 6(2)(3), 7, 11(1); S.S.I. 2009/242, art. 2
3(1)Each Health Board area is to be comprised of a single electoral ward unless election regulations specify that a Health Board area is to be divided into more than one ward.S
(2)If regulations specify such a division they must also specify—
(a)the number of electoral wards in the Health Board area,
(b)the boundaries of those wards, and
(c)the number of elected members to be elected in each ward.
(3)Before regulations specifying such a division are made—
(a)the Scottish Ministers must consult the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland, and
(b)the Commission must give the Scottish Ministers advice about the boundaries of the electoral wards which the Health Board is to be divided into.]