2006 No. 1393

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

The Health Authorities (Membership and Procedure) Amendment (England) Regulations 2006

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 126(4) of, and paragraphs 2 and 12 of Schedule 5 to, the National Health Service Act 19771:

Citation, commencement, application and interpretation1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Health Authorities (Membership and Procedure) Amendment (England) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 1st July 2006.

2

These Regulations apply in relation to England.

3

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

Amendment of the principal Regulations2

1

In regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (membership of Authorities) paragraph (2) is omitted.

2

In regulation 8 of the principal Regulations (termination of tenure of office), paragraph (8) is omitted.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

WarnerMinister of State,Department of Health

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The Health Authorities (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 1996 (“the principal Regulations”) make provision relating to the membership and procedure of Strategic Health Authorities and Health Authorities (“Authorities”).

These Regulations, which apply in relation to England, amend the principal Regulations by removing the requirement for one of the non-officer members of an Authority to be a person who holds a post in an institution within the higher education sector which provides education leading to registration in certain health professions.

These Regulations also remove the provision as to termination of such a person’s appointment as a member of the Authority where the person ceases to hold such a post.