SCHEDULES

F1Schedule 5A Primary Care Trusts

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Amendments (Textual)
F1

Sch. 5A inserted (8.9.1999, 4.1.2000 and 1.4.2000 for specified purposes for E., and otherwise prosp.) by 1999 c. 8, s. 2(2), Sch. 1; S.I. 1999/2342, art. 2(2)(b)(3)(a)(4)(a), Schs. 1, 2, 3

Part II Constitution and Membership

Membership

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1

Regulations may make provision about—

a

the appointment of the chairman and other members of a Primary Care Trust (including any conditions to be fulfilled for appointment),

b

the tenure of office of the chairman and other members of a trust (including the circumstances in which they cease to hold office or may be removed or suspended from office),

c

how many persons may be appointed as members of a trust and how many of those members may be officers (a minimum and maximum number may be specified for both purposes),

d

the appointment and constitution of any committees of a trust (which may include or consist of persons who are not members of the trust),

e

the appointment and tenure of office of the members of any committees of a trust,

f

the procedure to be followed by a trust, and by any committee of the trust, in the exercise of its functions,

g

the circumstances in which a person who is not an officer of the trust is to be treated as if he were such an officer.

2

The power to make provision under paragraphs (c) and (f) of sub-paragraph (1) above includes power to make regulations about the number of persons who may be appointed and the procedure to be followed during the preparatory period.

3

Any regulations under this paragraph may, in particular, make provision to deal with cases where the post of any officer of a Primary Care Trust is held jointly by two or more persons or where the functions of such an officer are in any other way performed by more than one person.