National Health Service Act 1977

19 Local advisory committees. E+W+S

(1) Where the Secretary of State is satisfied that a committee formed for Wales, or for the region of a Regional Health Authority, is representative of persons of any of the following categories—

(a) the medical practitioners, or

(b) the dental practitioners, or

(c) the nurses and midwives, or

(d) the registered pharmacists, or

(e) the ophthalmic [F1 and dispensing] opticians,

of Wales or of the region, then it shall be his duty to recognise the committee.

(2) A committee recognised in pursuance of subsection (1) above shall be called—

(a) the Welsh Medical, Dental, Nursing and Midwifery, Pharmaceutical or Optical Committee, as the case may be;

(b) the Regional Medical, Dental, Nursing and Midwifery, Pharmaceutical or Optical Committee, as the case may be, for the region in question.

(3) Where the Secretary of State is satisfied that a committee formed for the area of an Area Health Authority [F2 or for the district of a District Health Authority] is representative of persons of any of the categories mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e) in subsection (1) it shall be his duty to recognise the committee.

A committee recognised in pursuance of this subsection shall be called the Area [F2 or the District] Medical, Dental, Nursing and Midwifery, Pharmaceutical or Optical Committee, as the case may be, for the area [F2 or district] in question.

(4) The Secretary of State’s duty under subsections (1) and (3) above is subject to paragraph 1 of Schedule 6 to this Act, and that Schedule has effect in relation to a committee recognised in pursuance of this section.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words repealed (prosp.) by Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48, SIF 113:1), ss. 24, 27(1), Sch. 8 Pt. I

F2 Words inserted by Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53, SIF 113:2), Sch. 1 para. 39