(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations have effect to amend the Community Health Councils Regulations 1996 (“the 1996 Regulations”) by providing that regulation 3(2) of the 1996 Regulations shall apply in the event of the terms of office of every member of a Council terminating on the same date which situation will arise in the case of all Councils in Wales on 31st March 2000.
The terms of office of members appointed to Councils in consequence of this event shall be settled as if they were on first appointment upon the establishment of a new council. As such the terms of some members will overlap with the terms of others as provided for by regulation 3(2).