NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Primary Care Trusts (Membership, Procedure and Administration Arrangements) Amendment (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002. 2 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the Primary Care Trusts (Membership, Procedure and Administration Arrangements) Regulations 2000 . 3 These Regulations extend to England only. Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations 2 1 Regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (membership of Primary Care Trusts) shall be amended as follows. 2 In paragraph (1)— a At the beginning there shall be inserted “Subject to paragraphs (12) to (14),”; b for “8” there shall be substituted “10”. 3 In paragraph (2), after “7” there shall be inserted “, or, where paragraph (12) applies, 8”. 4 In paragraph (4)(a) for “and Director of Finance” there shall be substituted “, Director of Finance and Director of Public Health”. 5 In paragraph (7) for “and the Director of Finance” there shall be substituted “, the Director of Finance and the Director of Public Health”. 6 After paragraph (11) the following paragraphs shall be added: 12 Subject to paragraph (14), a Primary Care Trust may, for the relevant period, have 16 members if— a on 31st March 2002 it had 7 officer members who did not include the Director of Public Health; and b as a result of the appointment of the Director of Public Health as an officer member under paragraph (4)(a)— i the number of officer members increased to 8; and ii the number of non-officer members also increased to 8 in accordance with paragraph (2). 13 For the purposes of paragraph (12), “the relevant period” means the period from 1st April 2002 until the earlier of— a such time as an officer member appointed under paragraph (4)(c) or (7) ceases to be a member; or b 31st March 2004. 14 If, before 31st March 2004, an officer member appointed under paragraph (4)(c) or (7) ceases to be a member, the Primary Care Trust may have no more than 7 officer members and the number of non-officer members may only exceed that number until the earlier of— a such time as a non-officer member, other than one mentioned in paragraph (3A), ceases to be a member; or b 31st March 2004. . Amendment of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations 3 After paragraph (5) of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations (termination of tenure of office and suspension of officer members), the following paragraph shall be inserted— 5A Subject to paragraph (9), if the chairman and non-officer members are of the opinion that it is appropriate to do so in order to ensure compliance with regulation 2 above, they may, following such period of notice as appears to them to be reasonable, terminate the tenure of office of a person who is an officer member appointed under regulation 2(4)(c) or (7). . Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal Regulations 4 1 Regulation 4 of the principal Regulations (termination of tenure of office: chairman and non-officer members), shall be amended as follows. 2 After paragraph (4), the following paragraphs shall be inserted— 4A If the Secretary of State is of the opinion that it is appropriate to do so in connection with the designation of a trust as a Care Trust, he may, following such period of notice as appears to him to be reasonable, terminate the tenure of office of the chairman or a non-officer member of the trust. 4B Subject to paragraph (10), if the Secretary of State is of the opinion that it is appropriate to do so in order to ensure compliance with regulation 2 above, he may, following such period of notice as appears to him to be reasonable, terminate the tenure of office of a non-officer member of the trust. . 3 In paragraph (10), after “(4),” there shall be inserted “(4B),”. Amendment of regulation 5 of the principal Regulations 5 Paragraph (1)(g)(iii) of regulation 5 of the principal Regulations (disqualification for appointment: chairman and non-officer members) shall be omitted. Amendment of regulation 1 of the Primary Care Trusts (Membership, Procedure and Administration Arrangements) Amendment (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2001 6 In regulation 1(2) of the Primary Care Trusts (Membership, Procedure and Administration Arrangements) Amendment (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2001 (citation, commencement, interpretation and extent) for “2001” there shall be substituted “2000”. Amendment of regulation 1 of the Primary Care Trusts (Membership, Procedure and Administration Arrangements) Amendment (No. 3) (England) Regulations 2002 7 In regulation 1(1) of the Primary Care Trusts (Membership, Procedure and Administration Arrangements) Amendment (No. 3) (England) Regulations 2002 (citation, commencement and extent) “(No. 3)” shall be omitted. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health John Hutton Minister of State, Department of Health 8th March 2002