The National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1991

Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations

2.—(1) Regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (interpretation) is amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

(2) For the definition of “lay member”(1) there is substituted the following definition:–

• ““lay member” means–

  (a)

  in relation to a Board, a member who is a lay person; and

  (b)

  in relation to a service committee, a lay person appointed by the Board;”.

(3) After the definition of “lay member” there is inserted the following definition:–

• ““lay person” means a person who is not and never has been–

  (a)

  a registered medical practitioner; nor

  (b)

  a registered dental practitioner; nor

  (c)

  a registered pharmaceutical chemist; nor

  (d)

  an ophthalmic medical practitioner or an optician; nor

  (e)

  a registered nurse, registered midwife or a registered health visitor; nor

  (f)

  an officer of, or otherwise employed by, any Board or local health council;”.

(1)

The definition of “lay member” in regulation 2 was inserted by S.I. 1988/878.