The National Health Service Act 1977 (Composition of Medical Practices Committee) Modification Order 1994

Made: 4th March 1994

Laid before Parliament: 7th March 1994

Coming into force: 1st April 1994

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred on her by section 7(1A) of the National Health Service Act 1977[^f00001] hereby makes the following Order:—

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the National Health Service Act 1977 (Composition of Medical Practices Committee) Modification Order 1994 and shall come into force on 1st April 1994.

Modification of section 7(1)(b) of the National Health Service Act 1977

2

In section 7(1) of the National Health Service Act 1977 (composition of Medical Practices Committee) paragraph (b) shall be modified[^f00002] by substituting “five of the” for “the chairman and five of the other”.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Brian Mawhinney — Minister of State, — Department of Health — 4th March 1994

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order further modifies section 7(1)(b) of the National Health Service Act 1977. Section 7(1) specifies the composition of the Medical Practices Committee. The Committee exercises functions under Part II of that Act in connection with the distribution of registered medical practitioners providing general medical services pursuant to that Part. This Order removes the requirement that the chairman of the Committee be a registered medical practitioner.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1977 c. 49. Subsection (1A) was inserted into section 7 by section 22(3) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19).

[^f00002]: Paragraph (b) was modified by the National Health Service Act 1977 (Composition of Medical Practices Committee) Modification Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/887).