(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Establishment and Constitution) Order 1999 by extending the functions which the Secretary of State may direct the Institute to exercise and by providing that the Institute shall be a body to which the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 applies. The effect of this latter amendment is that, save as provided for by that Act, representatives of the press and other members of the public must be admitted to the meetings of the Institute.