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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) Amendment (No. 3) (England) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 10th January 2002.
(2) These Regulations extend to England only.
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In regulation 11 of the National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 1990 (disqualification for appointment of chairman and non-executive directors), after paragraph 5 there is inserted—“
(5A) A person shall not be disqualified by paragraph (1)(e) from being the chairman or a non-executive director of an NHS trust by reason of being a chairman or non-executive member of the National Patient Safety Agency or the National Treatment Agency.”
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Hunt
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
17th December 2001