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[F12(1). . . F2 an Area [F3or District] Health Authority for an area [F3or district] in England shall consist of the following members—E+W+S
(a)a chairman appointed by the Secretary of State;
(b)the specified number of members appointed by the relevant Regional Authority after consultation (except in prescribed cases) with the bodies mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) below;
(c)the specified number of members appointed by the relevant Regional Authority on the nomination of the university or universities specified as being associated with the provision of health services in that Authority’s region; and
(d)the specified number (not less than four) of members appointed by the specified local authority or local authorities.
(2)The bodies referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) above are—
(a)such bodies as the relevant Regional Authority may recognise as being, either in its region or in the area [F3or district] of the Area [F3or District] Health Authority or generally, representative respectively of medical practitioners, dental practitioners, nurses, midwives, registered pharmacists and ophthalmic . . . F4 opticians, or representative of such other professions as appear to the relevant Regional Authority to be concerned;
(b)such other bodies (including any federation of workers’ organisations) as appear to the relevant Regional Authority to be concerned, excluding any university which has nominated, or is entitled to nominate, a member, and any local authority which has appointed, or is entitled to appoint, a member; and
(c)in the case of an appointment of a member falling to be made after the establishment of the Area [F3or District] Health Authority in question, that Authority.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 5 Pt. I repealed (prosp.) by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), ss. 66(2), 67(2), Sch. 10
F2Words repealed by Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41, SIF 113:3), s. 30, Sch. 10 Pt. I
F3Words inserted by Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53, SIF 113:2), Sch. 1, para. 78(3)
F4Words repealed by Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48, SIF 113:1), s. 24, Sch. 8 Pt. I
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