1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Service Medicines (Price Control Appeals) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 14th February 2000.
2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–
“the chairman” means the person assigned to be chairman of the tribunal in relation to an appeal under these Regulations;
“costs”, in relation to Scottish proceedings, means “expenses”;
“document” includes information recorded in writing or any other form;
“Scottish proceedings” means proceedings in relation to an appeal which relates to matters arising in Scotland;
“the tribunal” means–
in relation to an appeal under these Regulations in respect of which the chairman and members have been assigned or appointed under regulation 7(4) and (5), the tribunal consisting of that chairman and those members;
in relation to the appointment of staff under regulation 3(2), the senior chairman appointed under regulation 7(1);
in relation to any other matter, a member of that panel of tribunal chairmen or a member of staff appointed under regulation 3(2).
3.—(1) The Secretary of State must as soon as practicable after these Regulations come into effect publish in such manner as he thinks appropriate the name and the address of the tribunal or if there is more than one address, indicate which address applies in which cases.
(2) The tribunal may, with the approval of the Secretary of State, appoint such staff as it may determine, and may determine the terms and conditions on which they are appointed.