9(1)More than half of the members of the board of governors are to be elected by members of the corporation other than those who come within paragraph 3(1)(b).E+W
(2)At least three members of the board are to be elected by the staff constituency or, where there are classes within it, at least one member of the board is to be elected by each class and at least three members are to be elected altogether.
(3)At least one member of the board is to be appointed by a Primary Care Trust for which the corporation provides goods or services.
(4)At least one member of the board is to be appointed by one or more qualifying local authorities.
A qualifying local authority is a local authority for an area which includes the whole or part of an area specified in the constitution as the area for a public constituency.
(5)If any of the corporation’s hospitals includes a medical or dental school provided by a university, at least one member of the board is to be appointed by that university.
(6)An organisation specified in the constitution as a partnership organisation may appoint a member of the board.