Amendment of regulation 5 of the principal Regulations

6.—(1) Regulation 5 of the principal Regulations (disqualification for appointment: chairman and non-officer members) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (c), after “health service body”, insert “, or if the trust is a Care Trust, with a local authority”; and

(b) after sub-paragraph (i), add the following sub-paragraph—

“(j) in the case of a Care Trust, he is employed by a local authority.”.