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17.—(1) The Councils listed at numbers 1 to 6 in column 1 of Schedule 2 must—
(a)appoint committees to be known as “local committees” of the Council for each of the relevant local authority areas, or parts thereof, specified in column 2 of that Schedule;
(b)give the local committees responsibility for—
(i)monitoring and keeping under review the planning and provision of NHS services in their district;
(ii)working in collaboration with the other local committees of the relevant Council in order to meet the need for equitable service provision throughout the relevant Council’s district; and
(iii)engaging in such activities throughout the relevant Council’s district and carrying out such functions of the Council as the Council or the executive committee may delegate or determine, subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Council or executive committee think fit;
(c)appoint as members of each local committee those members who are appointed under regulation 6 by the relevant local authority, and under regulations 7 and 8 in relation to the relevant local authority area;
(d)subject to paragraph (2), ensure that the members of each local committee elect one of their number to be a chair, and one of their number, other than the chair, to be a vice chair for a period of up to two years, but not being in any case longer than the remainder of that member’s term as member of the relevant Council.
(2) A member may not be appointed as a chair or vice chair of a local committee if he or she is also the chair or vice chair of the relevant Council under regulation 15(1).
(3) The executive committee of the relevant Council must determine the constitution and standing orders of the local committees, which may be varied or revoked only on the approval of the executive committee.
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