(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Authorities (Membership and Procedure) Amendment (Wales) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 31st July 1999.
(2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Health Authorities (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 1996.
Specified date: 31 July 1999: see para (1) above.
(1) The principal Regulations are amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.
(2) In regulation 1(2), after the definition of “health service body” the following definition is inserted—
““local health group” means a committee appointed under regulation 14(1) of these Regulations in accordance with a circular issued by the Secretary of State for Wales in October 1998 entitled “Establishing Local Health Groups”.”
(3) In regulation 14(3) after the words “advise the Authority” insert “, a local health group,”.
Specified date: 31 July 1999: see reg 1(1).
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Jon Owen Jones
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Welsh Office
30th June 1999
These Regulations amend the Health Authorities (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 1996 in relation to Wales.
Under regulation 14(3) of the principal Regulations the majority of the members of a committee or sub-committee of a health authority must, subject to certain exceptions, be persons who do not provide, or assist in providing, Part II services. These Regulations make provision for a further exception in the case of committees known as local health groups appointed in accordance with a circular of the Secretary of State for Wales.
