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