Members appointed by the Privy CouncilU.K.
11(1)Of the 8 members appointed by the Privy Council—U.K.
(a)1 shall be a registered medical practitioner at the time of his appointment and shall be appointed after consultation with the Conference of Medical Royal Colleges and their Faculties in the United Kingdom; and
(b)the other 7 shall be persons who are not registered osteopaths at the time of their appointment.
(2)If the body mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a) ceases to exist, the Privy Council shall appoint the member in question after consultation with such other representative body or bodies as they think fit.
(3)The member appointed in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)(a) shall not be a registered osteopath.
(4)Any of the other members may be a registered medical practitioner.
[F111A(1)This paragraph applies if, under section 187 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003, the Secretary of State has given a direction to a Special Health Authority to exercise any function of a Minister of the Crown relating to the making of appointments to a body mentioned in that section.U.K.
(2)The Privy Council may direct the Special Health Authority to exercise to the extent specified in the direction its functions under paragraphs 1 and 11 in relation to the appointment of members of the Council.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. para. 11A inserted (19.10.2004) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), s. 199(1)(4), Sch. 12 para. 5; S.I. 2004/2626, art. 2