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Health Act 2006

Section 57: The Appointments Commission

272.Section 57 provides for the Appointments Commission to be established as a body corporate in accordance with the further provisions in Schedule 4, and provides for the NHS Appointments Commission (“the NHSAC”), which is a Special Health Authority, to be abolished on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint under section 83.

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