The Health Authorities (Membership and Procedure) Amendment (England) Regulations 2002

Made11th March 2002

Laid before Parliament11th March 2002

Coming into force1st April 2002

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 126(4) and 128(1) of, and paragraphs 2, 3 and 12 of Schedule 5 to, the National Health Service Act 19771, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Health Authorities (Membership and Procedure) Amendment (England) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.

2

These Regulations extend to England only.

3

In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Health Authorities (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 19962.

Amendment of regulation 1 of the principal Regulations2

In regulation 1(2) of the principal Regulations, after the definition of “health service body”, the following definition is inserted—

“institution within the higher education sector” has the same meaning as in the Further and Higher Education Act 19923;

Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations3

Regulation 2 of the principal Regulations is amended as follows—

a

for paragraph (2), there is substituted—

2
One of the non-officer members to be appointed to an Authority shall be a person who holds a post in an institution within the higher education sector which provides education enabling students to fulfil criteria necessary for—
a
provisional registration in the register of medical practitioners kept under section 2 of the Medical Act 19834;
b
registration in the dentists register kept under section 14 of the Dentists Act 19845;
c
registration in the register of pharmaceutical chemists maintained pursuant to section 2 of the Pharmacy Act 19546;
d
registration in the register maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Council pursuant to paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 to the Nursing and Midwifery Order 20017; or
e
registration in one of the registers maintained by the Health Professions Council pursuant to paragraph 11 of Schedule 2 to the Health Professions Order 20018.

b

in paragraph (4)(a), for “three” there is substituted “two”;

c

in paragraph (4)(b), for “two” there is substituted “three”; and

d

in paragraph (5), for “chief executive, director of finance and director of public health”, there is substituted “chief executive and director of finance”.

Amendment of regulation 8 of the principal Regulations4

In regulation 8(8) of the principal Regulations, for “post in a university with a medical or dental school” there is substituted “post in an institution within the higher education sector as referred to in regulation 2(2)”.

Amendment of regulation 10 of the principal Regulations5

In regulation 10(4)(a) and (5)(a) of the principal Regulations9, for “post in a university”, there is substituted “post in an institution within the higher education sector, or a post in a university which is not such an institution”.

Omission of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations6

Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations is omitted.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

HuntParliamentary Under Secretary of State,Department of Health11th March 2002

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend regulations 2 and 8 of the Health Authorities (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/707) (“the principal Regulations”), which make provision relating to the membership and procedure of Health Authorities, and, in relation to Health Authorities in England—

a

substitute a new regulation 2(2), to provide that all Health Authorities shall have a non-officer member who holds a post in a higher education institution which provides education leading to registration as a doctor, dentist, pharmacist, or to registration in a register maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Council or the Health Professions Council, and, in consequence, amend regulations 1(2) and 8(8), and omit Schedule 1;

b

amend regulation 10(4) and (5), to substitute for the reference to a person holding a post in a university, a reference to a person holding a post in a higher education institution, or a post in a university which is not such an institution; and

c

amend regulation 2(4) and (5), to remove the requirement for one of the officer members of an Authority to hold the office of director of public health.