PART 2Amendments to the National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 1990

Amendments to paragraph 3 of the Schedule14.

In paragraph 3 of the Schedule—

(a)

after sub-paragraph (1), insert—

“(1A)

In relation to an NHS trust in Wales, if the chairman is absent from the meeting, the vice-chair, if present, must preside.”;

(b)

in sub-paragraph (2), at the beginning insert “In relation to any meeting of an NHS trust in England,”;

(c)

after sub-paragraph (2), insert—

“(2A)

In relation to any meeting of an NHS trust in Wales, if the chairman and vice-chair are absent, such non-executive director as the directors present choose, must preside.”