SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 Health Boards
Part I
Constitution
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1
A Health Board is to consist of the following types of members—
a
a chairman, and other members, appointed by the Scottish Ministers (“appointed members”),
b
councillors appointed by the Scottish Ministers following nomination by local authorities in the area of the Health Board (“councillor members”), and
c
individuals elected as members of the Health Board at an election held under Schedule 1A (“elected members”).
2
Regulations must, in relation to each Health Board, specify—
a
the total number of members of the Board, and
b
the number of each type of member.
3
But—
a
the total number of councillor members and elected members of a Board must amount to more than half the total number of members, and
b
a Board must contain at least one councillor member for each local authority whose area is wholly or partly within the area of the Board.
4
The conditions imposed by sub-paragraph (3) do not apply during any period when an elected member or, as the case may be, councillor member vacates office and the vacancy has not been filled.