Citation, commencement, application and interpretation1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the NHS Professionals Special Health Authority Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st January 2004.

(2)

These Regulations apply to England only.

(3)

In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the National Health Service Act 1977;

“the Authority” means the NHS Professionals Special Health Authority established by the NHS Professionals Special Health Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Order 20032;

“the chairman” means, unless the context otherwise requires, the chairman of the Authority;

“health service body” means—

(a)

a Strategic Health Authority3, Special Health Authority4, Primary Care Trust5, NHS trust6 or Local Health Board7,

(b)

a Health Board or Special Health Board constituted under section 2 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 19788 or the Scottish Dental Practice Board, the Common Service Agency for the Scottish Health Service or an NHS trust constituted under, respectively, sections 4, 10 or 12A of that Act,

(c)

the Dental Practice Board constituted under section 37(1) of the Act,

(d)

the Commission for Health Improvement,

(e)

the Public Health Laboratory Service Board,

(f)

the Secretary of State,

(g)

the Northern Ireland Central Services Agency for the Health and Social Services established under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972,

(h)

a special health and social services agency established under the Health and Personal Social Services (Special Agencies) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990,

(i)

a Health and Social Services Board constituted under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972,

(j)

a Health and Social Services trust established under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991, and

(k)

the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety for Northern Ireland;

“member” means, unless the context otherwise requires, a member of the Authority other than the chairman;

“non-officer member” means a member who is not an officer of the Authority; and

“primary care list” means a list either of persons undertaking to provide general medical services, general dental services, general ophthalmic services or, as the case may be, pharmaceutical services under regulations made pursuant to section 29, 36, 39, 42 or 43 of the Act9 or a list of persons approved for the purpose of assisting in the provision of any such services under regulations pursuant to section 43D of the Act10.