The Health Authorities (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 1996

10.  In the Microbiological Research Authority Regulations 1994(1)—

(a) in regulation 1(2) (interpretation) there shall be added at the end the following definition—

““the 1996 Regulations” means the Health Authorities (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 1996.”;

(b) in regulation 3 (tenure of office) for the words “the 1990 Regulations” there shall be substituted the words “the 1996 Regulations”;

(c) in regulation 5 (eligibility for reappointment) for the words “the 1990 Regulations” there shall be substituted the words “the 1996 Regulations”;

(d) for regulation 6 (application of Regulations relating to membership and procedure) there shall be substituted the following regulation—

“Application of Regulations relating to membership and procedure

6.— (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) to (6) of this regulation, the following provisions of the 1996 Regulations shall apply to the Authority:—

(a) regulation 5 (termination of tenure of office, and suspension, of officer members);

(b) regulation 8(3), (5), (6) and (7) (termination of non-officer member’s tenure of office), regulation 10(1)(a) to (f), (2) and (3) (disqualification for appointment) and regulation 11 (cessation of disqualification); and

(c) regulation 12 (appointment of vice-chairman), regulation 13 (powers of vice-chairman), regulation 14 (appointment of committees and sub-committees), regulation 15 (meetings and proceedings), regulation 16 (disability on account of pecuniary interests), and Schedule 3 (rules as to meetings and proceedings);

and regulation 1(2) to (4) (interpretation) so far as it relates to those provisions.

(2) Regulations 5(1) and (2) of the 1996 Regulations shall not apply in the case of the chief officer.

(3) Regulation 10(1)(f) of the 1996 Regulations shall apply as if the reference to paragraph (4) of regulation 8 were a reference to regulation 4(2) of these Regulations.

(4) Regulations 14 and 15 of the 1996 Regulations shall apply as if any reference in those regulations to Authorities were a reference to Special Health Authorities.

(5) The provisions of the 1996 Regulations referred to in paragraph (1)(b) of this regulation shall not apply in relation to officer members.

(6) In the application to the Authority of any provisions of the 1996 Regulations specified in paragraph (1) of this regulation—

(a) any reference in those provisions to an Authority shall be construed as a reference to the Authority;

(b) the expressions “appointing authority”, “non-officer member” and “officer member” in those provisions shall have the same meanings as in these Regulations; and

(c) the expression “appointed officer member” in those provisions shall mean an officer member who is appointed in accordance with regulation 2(2) of these Regulations.”.

(1)

S.I. 1994/602.