The National Patient Safety Agency (Establishment and Constitution) Amendment Order 2003

Made8th April 2003

Laid before Parliament15th April 2003

Coming into force2nd July 2003

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 11(2) and (4) and 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 19771 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement, application and interpretation1

1

This Order may be cited as the National Patient Safety Agency (Establishment and Constitution) Amendment Order 2003 and shall come into force on 2nd July 2003.

2

This Order applies to England only.

3

In this Order “the Order” means the National Patient Safety Agency (Establishment and Constitution) Order 20012.

Amendment of article 4 of the Order2

1

Article 4 (constitution of the Agency) is amended as follows.

2

In paragraph (b), for “not less than 12 and not more than 15 members” there is substituted “not less than 8 and not more than 11 members”; and

3

In paragraph (d), for “one officer” there is substituted “three officers”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

David LammyParliamentary Under-Secretary of State,Department of Health8th April 2003

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order changes the constitution of the National Patient Safety Agency (“the Agency”), a Special Health Authority established under section 11 of the National Health Service Act 1977. The Agency is to have between 8 and 11 non-officer members rather than between 12 and 15. It is also to have three officer members (in addition to the Chief Executive) rather than one.