SCHEDULE 1AMENDMENTS CONSEQUENTIAL ON PART 1 OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE REFORM AND HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS ACT 2002

PART 2STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

National Health Service (Appointment of Consultants) Regulations 1996

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1

The National Health Service (Appointment of Consultants) Regulations 1996109 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

a

in the definition of “Authority”, after “a Health Authority,” there is inserted “a Strategic Health Authority, a Primary Care Trust,”;

b

for the definition of “relevant University” there is substituted—

  • “relevant University” means for an appointment to a Strategic Health Authority or Primary Care Trust, any University associated with the provision of health services to that Authority or Trust;

c

the definition of “Teaching Authority” is omitted.

3

In regulation 5 (exempt appointments), paragraph (1)(b) is omitted.

4

In Schedule 1 (constitution of an advisory appointments committee), in paragraph 2(b), for (i) there is substituted—

i

in the case of a Strategic Health Authority, a practitioner employed within the area of the Authority making the appointment,

ia

in the case of a Primary Care Trust, a practitioner employed within the area of the Trust making the appointment, or