[F110A(1)An elected member holds office for a period beginning with the day after the day of the Health Board election at which the member was elected and ending on the day of the next following Health Board election in the Health Board area.S
(2)An elected member vacates office on becoming—
(a)a member of the European Parliament,
(b)a member of the House of Commons,
(c)a member of the House of Lords,
(d)a member of the Scottish Parliament, or
(e)a local authority councillor.
(3)Regulations may specify further circumstances in which an elected member must vacate office before the end of that period and, in particular, may specify that an elected member is to vacate office on becoming the holder of a post set out in a list of restricted posts maintained by the Health Board concerned for that purpose.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 para. 10A inserted (temp. from 24.6.2009 for certain purposes and prosp. otherwise) by Health Boards (Membership and Elections) (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 5), ss. 1(6), 4, 6(2)(3), 7, 11(1); S.S.I. 2009/242, art. 2