The Local Health Boards, NHS Trusts and Special Health Authorities (Constitution, Membership and Procedures) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024

Amendments to regulation 15

10.  In regulation 15 (disqualification for appointment of chair, vice-chair and non-executive directors)—

(a) for paragraph (1)(e) substitute—

“(e) that person is, or has been within the 12 months prior to appointment, in the paid employment of—

(i) a Local Health Board established under section 11 of the Act,

(ii) an NHS trust established under section 18 of the Act, or

(iii) a Special Health Authority in relation to Wales established by the Welsh Ministers under section 22 of the Act.”;

(b) omit paragraph (1)(f);

(c) for paragraph (4) substitute—

“(4) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(e)—

(a) a person is not to be treated as having been in paid employment by reason of having held the position of chair, vice-chair or non-officer member of a Local Health Board; chair, vice-chair or non-executive director of an NHS trust; or chair, vice-chair or non-officer member of a Special Health Authority;

(b) a person is disqualified from being a chair, vice-chair or non-executive director if following that person’s appointment as a chair, vice-chair or non-executive director they take up paid employment with any of the bodies listed in paragraph (1)(e) other than in the circumstances specified in this paragraph.”