(This note is not part of the Order)

These Regulations amend Schedule 1 to the Primary Care Trusts (Membership, Procedures and Administration Arrangements) Regulations 2000 which makes provision relating to the membership and procedure of Primary Care Trusts. The amendment will provide that the chairman and members of the NHS Professionals Special Health Authority or the NHSU, both Special Health Authorities established under the National Health Service Act 1977, are not disqualified for appointment as the chairman or a non-officer member of a Primary Care Trust.