The Local Health Boards (Constitution, Membership and Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2003

Interpretation

2.  The following words and phrases shall bear the following meanings —

• “1977 Act” (“Deddf 1977”) means the National Health Service Act 1977;

• “Assembly” (“Cynulliad”) means the National Assembly for Wales;

• “Board” (“Bwrdd”) means a Local Health Board;

• “Board’s area” (“ardal y Bwrdd”) (means the area for which a Board is established as set out in the Local Health Boards (Establishment) (Wales) Order 2003 (1), as such area may be varied from time to time;

• “carer” (“gofalwr”) means a person aged 16 or over who provides or has provided a substantial amount of care on a regular basis for another person, other than by virtue of a contract of employment or other contract with any person, or as a volunteer for a voluntary organisation;

• “Community Health Council” (“Cyngor Iechyd Cymuned”) means a Community Health Council established in Wales pursuant to section 20 of the National Health Service Act 1977;

• “first members” (“aelodau cyntaf”) means those persons who are the first to be appointed as members of a Board immediately following its establishment;

• “general medical practitioner” (“ymarferydd meddygol cyffredinol”) means a medical practitioner who provides general medical services under Part II of the 1977 Act or personal medical services in connection with a pilot scheme under the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997(2);

• “health care profession” (“proffesiwn gofal iechyd”) shall have the meaning given in section 25(12) of the National Health Service Reform and Healthcare Professions Act 2002;

• “health service body” (“corff gwasanaeth iechyd”) means a Health Authority, Special Health Authority, Strategic Health Authority, Local Health Board, NHS Trust or Primary Care Trust;

• “local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) means a county or county borough council in Wales;

• “local authority member” (“aelod awdurdod lleol”) means a member of a Board who is nominated by the local authority for that Board’s area;

• “member” (“aelod”) includes the chair and vice-chair, officer and non-officer members, associate members and co-opted members of a Board;

• “officer member” (“aelod sy'n swyddog”) means a member who is the holder of any office set out in regulation 3(3);

• “non-officer member” (“aelod nad yw'n swyddog”) means a member of a Board who does not hold any office set out in regulation 3(3); and

• “shadow member” (“aelod cysgodol”) means a person identified to be one of the first members of a Board as at the date of the coming into force of these Regulations.

(1)

S.I. 2003 No.148. W. 18.

(2)

1997 c. 46.