[F12(1)A Health Board is to consist of the following types of members—S
(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.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 para. 2 substituted (24.6.2009 for specified purposes) by Health Boards (Membership and Elections) (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 5), ss. 1(2), 4, 7, 11(1); S.S.I. 2009/242, art. 2