Section 61: Commission to exercise Assembly’s appointment functions
282.Section 61 enables the National Assembly for Wales to direct the Appointments Commission to exercise its appointment functions relating to the appointment of members to the Healthcare Commission and the Health Protection Agency. There are consequential amendments to Schedule 6 to the 2003 Act and Schedule 1 to the Health Protection Agency Act 2004 in Schedule 8, and repeals in Schedule 9, to the Act.