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11.  In this Schedule—E+W

(a)“lay member” means, in relation to a service committee or joint services committee, any member (other than the chairman) who is a lay person;

(b)“lay person” means a person who is not and never has been—

(i)a doctor, a dentist, an ophthalmic medical practitioner, an optician or a chemist, nor

(ii)a registered dispensing optician within the meaning of the Opticians Act 1989(1), nor

(iii)a registered nurse, a registered midwife or a registered health visitor(2), nor

(iv)an officer of, or otherwise employed by, any Family Health Services Authority, Regional Health Authority or District Health Authority, or a Community Health Council established under section 20 of the Act(3);

(c)“professional person” means—

(i)in the case of the medical service committee, a doctor,

(ii)in the case of the dental service committee or the denture conciliation committee, a dentist,

(iii)in the case of the pharmaceutical service committee, a pharmacist,

(iv)in the case of the ophthalmic service committee, an ophthalmic medical practitioner or an optician,

(v)in the case of the joint services committee, a member appointed by a service committee.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 2 para. 11 in force at 1.4.1992, see reg. 1

(2)

See section 10(7) of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 (c. 36).

(3)

Section 20 was amended by paragraph 40 of Schedule 1 to the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53).

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