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The Community Health Council (Establishment of Carmarthenshire Community Health Council, Transfer of Functions and Abolition of Llanelli/Dinefwr and Carmarthen/Dinefwr Community Health Councils) Order 2006
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- 2006 No. 942 (W. 91)
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Section 20A of the National Health Service Act 1977 (“the Act”) gives the National Assembly for Wales the power to abolish Community Health Councils and to establish new Community Health Councils for Districts in Wales.
Schedule 7A to the Act makes further provision about Community Health Councils established under section 20A.
This Order establishes Carmarthenshire Community Health Council, transfers the functions of Carmarthen/Dinefwr Community Health Council and Llanelli/Dinefwr Community Health Council to Carmarthenshire Community Health Council and abolishes Carmarthen/Dinefwr Community Health Council and Llanelli/Dinefwr Community Health Council.
Article 2(1) of this Order establishes Carmarthenshire Community Health Council. Article 2(2) provides that it is established for the geographical area of the County of Carmarthenshire (which is comprised of the districts of Carmarthen, Llanelli and Dinefwr).
Article 2(3) provides that the boundary of Carmarthenshire Community Health Council will vary in accordance with any variations in the boundary of the County of Carmarthenshire, apart from any variations arising out of circumstances outlined in Article 2(4).
Article 3 prescribes the functions of Carmarthenshire Community Health Council.
Article 4 provides that on the transfer date (1 April 2006) all of the functions of Carmarthen/Dinefwr Community Health Council and Llanelli/Dinefwr Community Health Council will transfer to Carmarthenshire Community Health Council.
Article 5(1) provides that the members of Carmarthen/Dinefwr and Llanelli/Dinefwr Community Health Councils will, on 1 April 2006, transfer to Carmarthenshire Community Health Council and become members of that Council. Article 5(2) provides that the term of office of those members who have transferred from Carmarthen/Dinefwr and Llanelli/Dinefwr Community Health Councils will be the remainder of their current terms as at the transfer date.
Article 6 provides that the Chief Officer of Llanelli/Dinefwr Community Health Council and all other officers of Llanelli/Dinefwr and Carmarthen/Dinefwr Community Health Councils will from 1 April 2006 provide services to Carmarthenshire Community Health Council. The Chief Officer and other officers will remain employees of Powys Local Health Board.
Article 7 provides that Carmarthenshire Community Health Council will prepare the statement of annual accounts for Carmarthen/Dinefwr and Llanelli/Dinefwr Community Health Councils within 2 months of the transfer date.
Article 8 provides that Carmarthenshire Community Health Council must provide reports in accordance with regulation 16(1) of the Community Health Councils Regulations 2004 for Llanelli/Dinefwr and Carmarthen/Dinefwr Community Health Councils by 1 September 2006.
Article 9 provides for continuity in the exercise of functions.
Article 10 abolishes Llanelli/Dinefwr Community Health Council and Carmarthen/Dinefwr Community Health Council on the 1 April 2006.
A regulatory appraisal has been prepared and placed in the library of the National Assembly for Wales.
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