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Constitution of Health BoardsS

1Constitution of Health BoardsS

(1)Schedule 1 (Health Boards) to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29) (the “1978 Act”) is amended as follows.

(2)For paragraph 2 substitute—

2(1)A Health Board is to consist of the following types of members—

(a)a chairman, and other members, appointed by the Scottish Ministers (“appointed members”),

(b)councillors appointed by the Scottish Ministers following nomination by local authorities in the area of the Health Board (“councillor members”), and

(c)individuals elected as members of the Health Board at an election held under Schedule 1A (“elected members”).

(2)Regulations must, in relation to each Health Board, specify—

(a)the total number of members of the Board, and

(b)the number of each type of member.

(3)But—

(a)the total number of councillor members and elected members of a Board must amount to more than half the total number of members, and

(b)a Board must contain at least one councillor member for each local authority whose area is wholly or partly within the area of the Board.

(4)The conditions imposed by sub-paragraph (3) do not apply during any period when an elected member or, as the case may be, councillor member vacates office and the vacancy has not been filled..

(3)In paragraph 2A, for “persons appointed under paragraph 2 above” substitute “ appointed members ”.

(4)In paragraph 3—

(a)for “Appointments under paragraph 2 shall be made” substitute “ An appointed member may be appointed only ”, and

(b)sub-paragraph (a) is omitted.

(5)After paragraph 3 insert—

3AA person appointed as chairman of a Health Board may not be an employee of that Health Board..

F1(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(7)In paragraph 11(a), for “chairman and members of Health Boards” substitute “ appointed members and councillor members (including provision specifying circumstances in which the Scottish Ministers may determine that such a member is to vacate office) ”.

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Commencement Information

I1S. 1 in force at 24.6.2009 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2009/242, art. 2 (which commencing S.S.I. 2009/242 was revoked (31.12.2013) by S.S.I. 2013/364, art. 2 (with savings in art. 3))

Elected members of Health BoardsS

F32Health Board electionsS

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F33Scottish Ministers' powers in relation to elected membersS

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Pilot scheme and action following pilotS

F34Pilot schemeS

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F35Report on pilot schemeS

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6Termination of pilot schemeS

F4(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3)The following provisions of this Act are repealed—

(a)section 1(6) and (8),

(b)sections 2 to 5,

(c)subsections (1) and (2) of this section (except in so far as bringing this subsection and subsection (4) into force), and

(d)section 7,

and the amendments of the 1978 Act made by provisions so repealed are accordingly to cease to have effect.

(4)Paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the 1978 Act is amended as follows—

(a)in sub-paragraph (1)—

(i)after sub-paragraph (a) insert “ and ”,

(ii)sub-paragraph (c) and the word “and” immediately preceding it are repealed,

(b)for sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) substitute—

(3)At least one councillor member must be appointed for each local authority whose area is wholly or partly within the area of the Board..

Textual Amendments

F4S. 6(1)(2) repealed (31.12.2013 for specified purposes) (conditionally) by Health Boards (Membership and Elections) (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 5), ss. 6(2)(3)(c), 11(1); S.S.I. 2013/364, art. 2 (with art. 3(1))

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Commencement Information

I2S. 6 partly in force; s. 6(1)(2) in force at Royal Assent see s. 11

F57Roll-outS

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Final provisionsS

Prospective

8Minor and consequential amendmentsS

The schedule contains minor and consequential amendments.

9Key termsS

In this Act—

  • the “1978 Act” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29),

  • Health Board” means a board constituted by an order under section 2(1)(a) of the 1978 Act,

  • Health Board election” means an election held under Schedule 1A to the 1978 Act (as inserted by section 2(3) of this Act),

  • Ministers” means the Scottish Ministers,

  • pilot order” has the meaning given by section 4(1),

  • roll-out order” has the meaning given by section 7(1).

10OrdersS

(1)An order made under this Act is to be made by statutory instrument.

(2)Such an order may—

(a)make different provision for different purposes (in particular, for different Health Board areas), and

(b)contain any supplementary, incidental, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision which Ministers consider appropriate.

11CommencementS

(1)Sections 1 to 3 come into force in accordance with sections 4 and 7.

(2)Sections 4, 5, 6(1) and (2), 7, 9, 10, 12 and this section come into force on Royal Assent.

(3)Section 6(2) provides for the commencement of section 6(3) and (4) in particular circumstances.

(4)Section 8 and the schedule come into force on such day as Ministers may by order appoint.

12Short titleS

This Act is called the Health Boards (Membership and Elections) (Scotland) Act 2009.

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