Statutory Instruments
2004 No. 539
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Public Benefit Corporation (Register of Members) Regulations 2004
Made
29th February 2004
Laid before Parliament
5th March 2004
Coming into force
1st April 2004
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 195(2) of, and paragraph 22(3) of Schedule 1 to, the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003( 1 ) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement, and interpretation
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Public Benefit Corporation (Register of Members) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 1 April 2004.
(2) In these Regulations, “register” means the register of members kept by a public benefit corporation( 2 ) under paragraph 20(1)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003.
Certain matters in register are not to be available to the public
2. A public benefit corporation must not make any part of its register available for inspection by members of the public that shows details of—
(a) where the constitution of the corporation provides for a patients' constituency, any member who belongs to that constituency; or
(b) any other member, if he so requests.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
John Hutton
Minister of State
Department of Health
29th February 2004
For public benefit corporation, see section 1(2) of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003.