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[F1Part IE+W+S[F2Membership of Strategic Health Authorities and Health Authorities]
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F1By 1995 c. 17, ss. 2(1)(3), 8(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 59 (with Sch. 2 para. 6) it is provided (28.6.1995 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.4.1996) that Sch. 5 Pt. I shall be inserted
F2Words in Sch. 5 Pt. 1 heading substituted (1.10.2002) by National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17), ss. 1(3), 42(3), Sch.1 Pt. 1 para. 34(2)(d); S.I. 2002/2478, art. 3(1)(c)
F31E+W+SA [F4Strategic Health Authority] shall consist of—
(a)a chairman appointed by the Secretary of State;
(b)not more than a prescribed number of persons (not being officers of the [F4Strategic Health Authority]) appointed by the Secretary of State; and
(c)a prescribed number of officers of the [F4Strategic Health Authority] .
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F3By 1995 c. 17, ss. 2(1)(3), 8(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 59 (with Sch. 2 para. 6) it is provided (28.6.1995 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.4.1996) that Sch. 5 Pt. I shall be inserted
F4Words in Sch 5 Pt. 1 substituted (1.10.2002) by National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17), ss. 1(3), 42(3), Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 34(2)(a); S.I. 2002/2478, art. 3(1)(c)
F52E+W+SRegulations may provide that all or any of the persons appointed as members of a [F6Strategic Health Authority] under paragraph 1(b) above—
(a)must hold posts of a prescribed description; or
(b)must fulfil any other prescribed conditions.
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F5By 1995 c. 17, ss. 2(1)(3), 8(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 59 (with Sch. 2 para. 6) it is provided (28.6.1995 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.4.1996) that Sch. 5 Pt. I shall be inserted
F6Words in Sch 5 Pt. 1 substituted (1.10.2002) by National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17), ss. 1(3), 42(3), Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 34(2)(a); S.I. 2002/2478, art. 3(1)(c)
F73E+W+SRegulations shall provide that each of the persons who is a member of a [F8Strategic Health Authority] under paragraph 1(c) above must either—
(a)hold an office of the [F8Strategic Health Authority] of a prescribed description; or
(b)be appointed by the chairman of the [F8Strategic Health Authority] and the persons appointed as members of the [F8Strategic Health Authority] under paragraph 1(b) above.
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F7By 1995 c. 17, ss. 2(1)(3), 8(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 59 (with Sch. 2 para. 6) it is provided (28.6.1995 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.4.1996) that Sch. 5 Pt. I shall be inserted
F8Words in Sch 5 Pt. 1 substituted (1.10.2002) by National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17), ss. 1(3), 42(3), Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 34(2)(a); S.I. 2002/2478, art. 3(1)(c)
F94E+W+SRegulations may provide for a person of a prescribed description who is not an officer of a [F10Strategic Health Authority] to be treated for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, and any other prescribed provision relating to members of (or of committees or sub-committees of) [F11Strategic Health Authorities] , as if he were such an officer.
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F9By 1995 c. 17, ss. 2(1)(3), 8(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 59 (with Sch. 2 para. 6) it is provided (28.6.1995 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.4.1996) that Sch. 5 Pt. I shall be inserted
F10Words in Sch 5 Pt. 1 substituted (1.10.2002) by National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17), ss. 1(3), 42(3), Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 34(2)(a); S.I. 2002/2478, art. 3(1)(c)
F11Words in Sch 5 Pt. 1 para. 4 substituted (1.10.2002) by National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17), ss. 1(3), 42(3), Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 34(2)(b); S.I. 2002/2478, art. 3(1)(c)
[F124AE+W+SParagraphs 1 to 4 above apply in relation to Health Authorities as they apply in relation to Strategic Health Authorities.]]
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