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Regulation 7
1. A Committee shall be constituted in accordance with the following provisions of this Schedule.
2. The Authority shall appoint to the Committee the following members:—
(a)a lay member;
(b)a professional member who practises in the relevant specialty, not being—
(i)in the case of a Health Authority a practitioner employed within the area of the Authority making the appointment, or
(ii)in the case of a Special Health Authority a practitioner not employed by the Special Health Authority,
who shall be appointed after consultation with the relevant college;
(c)the chief officer of the Authority,
(d)the person who is—
(i)when the appointment is to a consultant post in a hospital the medical director or dental director of that hospital or a person who acts in a similar capacity at that hospital,
(ii)where the appointment is to a consultant post in public health medicine, the Director of Public Health in the Authority in which the duties of the post will mainly be carried out; and
(e)a professional member who shall be—
(i)a person employed by the Authority as a consultant in the relevant specialty, or
(ii)where no such person is available for the purpose, a person employed by the Authority as a consultant in some other speciality.
3. Where the appointment is to a post which involves substantial teaching or research commitments, a further professional member shall be appointed after consultation with the relevant university.
4. In addition to the core members the Authority may appoint such additional members to the Committee as it considers appropriate.
5. A Committee shall have a majority of professional members and a majority of members, who are persons employed by the Authority.
6. Two or more Authorities may in the appointment of a Committee act together as if they were a single Authority.
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