The National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1991

• Citation: S.I. 1991/1188
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 12th June 1991.

(2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) (Scotland) Regulations 1974 .

Section 2 Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations

(1) Regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (interpretation) is amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

(2) For the definition of “lay member” there is substituted the following definition:–

“lay member” means–

in relation to a Board, a member who is a lay person; and

in relation to a service committee, a lay person appointed by the Board;

(3) After the definition of “lay member” there is inserted the following definition:–

“lay person” means a person who is not and never has been–

a registered medical practitioner; nor

a registered dental practitioner; nor

a registered pharmaceutical chemist; nor

an ophthalmic medical practitioner or an optician; nor

a registered nurse, registered midwife or a registered health visitor; nor

an officer of, or otherwise employed by, any Board or local health council;

Section 3 Amendment of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 3(2) of the principal Regulations (constitution of service committees) , in each of sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (cc) and (d)–

(a) after the words “shall be” where they first occur in each of those sub-paragraphs there are inserted the words “lay persons”; and

(b) the words “from the lay members of the Board” are deleted.

Section 4 Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations

In paragraph 5 (interpretation) of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations, in the definition of “lay member” for the words from “a member” to “or an optician” there are substituted the words “a lay person appointed by the Board”.