The Community Health Councils (Constitution, Membership and Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2010

Interpretation

2.  The following words and phrases have the following meanings—

• “the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006;

• “the 2004 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 2004”) means the Community Health Councils Regulations 2004(1)

• “appointing body” (“corff sy'n penodi”) means, in relation to the appointment of a Council member, the Welsh Ministers, a relevant local authority or a relevant voluntary organisation;

• “Board member” (“aelod o'r Bwrdd”) means a member of the CHC Board;

• “CHC Board” (“Bwrdd CIC”) means the Board of Community Health Councils established under regulation 23 of the 2004 Regulations which continues in existence under regulation 32;

• “Chief Officer” (“Prif Swyddog”) means the person employed under regulation 23 to act as Chief Officer of a Council;

• “committee” (“pwyllgor”) means a committee of a Council formed under regulations 17, 18,19,20 or 21;

• “the Community Health Councils Establishment Order 2010” (“Gorchymyn Sefydlu Cynghorau Iechyd Cymuned 2010”) means the Community Health Councils (Establishment, Transfer of Functions and Abolition) (Wales) Order 2010(2);

• “continued Council” (“Cyngor sy'n parhau”) means a Council continued in existence by article 10 of the Community Health Councils Establishment Order 2010;

• “Council” (“Cyngor”) means a Community Health Council established by article 3 of the Community Health Councils Establishment Order 2010 and, except where expressly excluded by a provision in these Regulations, such as regulation 16, a Community Health Council continued in existence by article 10 of that Order;

• “Director” (“Cyfarwyddwr”) means the person employed under regulation 36 to act as director of the CHC Board;

• “district of a Council” (“dosbarth Cyngor”) means that geographical area of Wales for which a Council is established under article 4 of the Community Health Councils Establishment Order 2010 or for which a Council is continued by article 10 and Schedule 3 to that Order;

• “executive committee” (“pwyllgor gweithredol”) means a committee of a new Council appointed under regulation 19;

• “financial year” (“blwyddyn ariannol”) means the period of 12 months ending on 31 March in any year;

• “former Council” (“Cyngor blaenorol”) means a Council which is abolished by article 9 of the Community Health Councils Establishment Order 2010;

• “health services” (“gwasanaethau iechyd”) means services in connection with the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of illness provided by or for relevant health service bodies;

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

• “local authority area” (“ardal awdurdod lleol”) means that geographical area of Wales for which a local authority has responsibility;

• “local authority member” (“aelod awdurdod lleol”) means a member of a Council who is appointed by a relevant local authority;

• “local committee” (“pwyllgor lleol”) means a committee of a new Council established under regulation 17;

• “local committee district” (“dosbarth pwyllgor lleol”) means that local authority area or part thereof for which a local committee is appointed under regulation 17(1);

• “member” (“aelod”) means, where the context so admits, a member of a Council;

• “new Council” (“Cyngor newydd”) means, except in regulation 4(3), a Community Health Council established under article 3 of the Community Health Councils Establishment Order 2010;

• “relevant Council” (“Cyngor perthnasol”) means, in relation to a local committee or local authority (or part thereof), the Council within whose district the local committee or local authority lies, and in relation to a voluntary organisation the Council to which a voluntary organisation has been invited to make appointments under regulation 7(1);

• “relevant health service body” (“corff gwasanaeth iechyd perthnasol”) means, in relation to a Council, any health service body which makes decisions affecting persons resident in the district of a Council;

• “relevant local authority” (“awdurdod lleol perthnasol”) means, in relation to a Council, any county council or county borough council whose area (or part thereof) lies within the district of the Council, and in relation to a local committee, the local authority whose area corresponds with the district of that local committee;

• “relevant local authority area” (“ardal awdurdod lleol perthnasol”) means, in relation to a Council, a local authority area (or part thereof) which lies within the district of a Council, and in relation to a local committee, the local authority area which corresponds with the district of a local committee;

• “relevant local committee” (“pwyllgor lleol perthnasol”) means in relation to a new Council, any local committee whose district lies within the district of a new Council;

• “relevant Local Health Board” (“Bwrdd Iechyd Lleol perthnasol”) means, in relation to a Council, any Local Health Board whose area (or part thereof) corresponds with the district of a Council;

• “relevant NHS Trust” (“Ymddiriedolaeth GIG berthnasol”) means, in relation to a Council, any NHS Trust which provides services to persons resident within the district of a Council

• “relevant Primary Care Trust” (“Ymddiriedolaeth Gofal Sylfaenol berthnasol”) means, in relation to a Council, any Primary Care Trust which provides services to persons resident within the district of a Council;

• “relevant Strategic Health Authority” (“Awdurdod Iechyd Strategol perthnasol”) means, in relation to a Council, any Strategic Health Authority which provides services to persons resident within the district of a Council;

• “relevant voluntary organisation” (“sefydliad gwirfoddol perthnasol”) means, in relation to a Council, any voluntary organisation which has been invited to appoint members to that Council under regulation 7(1);

• “services planning committee” (“pwyllgor cynllunio gwasanaethau”) means a committee of a new Council appointed under regulation 18;

• “voluntary organisations” (“sefydliadau gwirfoddol”) mean bodies (other than local authorities or other public bodies) whose activities are carried on otherwise than for profit;

• “voluntary organisation member” (“aelod sefydliad gwirfoddol”) means a member appointed by a voluntary organisation; and

• “Welsh NHS Trust” (“Ymddiriedolaeth GIG yng Nghymru”) means an NHS Trust all or most of whose hospitals, establishments and facilities are based in Wales.

(1)

S.I. 2004/905 (W.89) as amended by S.I. 2004/1771, S.I. 2005/603 (W.51) and S.I. 2006/562 .

(2)

S.I. 2010/289 (W.38).