The National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) Regulations 1992

5.—(1) The chairman of a committee referred to in regulation 3(1)(a) shall be a lay person appointed by the FHSA. E+W

(2) The FHSA shall, within 14 days of making an appointment under sub-paragraph (1), give notice in writing of the appointment to the other members of the committee.

(3) Where, within 14 days of notice being sent under sub-paragraph (1), a statement duly signed in accordance with sub-paragraph (4) is sent to the FHSA asserting that the chairman appointed by the FHSA is not acceptable to the signatories of the statement, the FHSA shall within 30 days of receipt of that statement refer the matter of the appointment to the Secretary of State.

(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) a statement must be signed—

(a) in the case of a service committee, by a majority of its lay members, or by a majority of its other members;

(b) in the case of a joint services committee, by both of its lay members or by both of the members appointed by any one of the service committees.

(5) Where the matter of the appointment is referred to the Secretary of State under subparagraph (3), he may, after consultation with the FHSA and the relevant Local Representative Committee, appoint another person to be chairman of the committee; and the chairman appointed by the FHSA shall cease immediately to hold office as chairman and member of the committee.

(6) A person appointed as chairman of such a committee who is already a member of that committee shall, on his appointment as chairman, cease to be a member otherwise than as chairman and a new member shall be appointed to take his place.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 para. 5 in force at 1.4.1992, see reg. 1