National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006

Section 190

SCHEDULE 14Further provision about advisory committees for Wales

1(1)Sub-paragraph (2) applies where the Welsh Ministers are satisfied that a committee formed for Wales is representative of—

(a)any category of persons (other than a category mentioned in section 190(2)) who provide services forming part of the health service, or

(b)two or more of any of the categories mentioned in that subsection and paragraph (a).

(2)Where this sub-paragraph applies and the Welsh Ministers are satisfied that it is in the interests of the health service to recognise the committee, the Welsh Ministers must recognise the committee and specify a name for it.

(3)Where a committee recognised under sub-paragraph (2) appears to the Welsh Ministers to represent categories of persons which include a category mentioned in section 190(2), the Welsh Ministers are not required by virtue of that subsection to recognise a committee representing persons of that category.

2The Welsh Ministers may, by notice in writing served on any member of a committee, withdraw their recognition of the committee if they consider it expedient to do so—

(a)where the committee is recognised under section 190 or paragraph 1(1)(a), with a view to recognising under paragraph 1(1)(b) another committee representing categories of persons which include the category represented by the recognised committee, or

(b)where the committee is recognised under paragraph 1(1)(b), with a view to recognising under section 190 and paragraph 1 other committees which together are representative of the categories in question.

3A committee recognised under section 190 or this Schedule must—

(a)advise the Welsh Ministers on the provision by them of services of a kind provided by the categories of persons of whom the committee is representative, and

(b)perform such other functions as may be prescribed.

4The Welsh Ministers may defray such expenses incurred by a committee in performing the duty imposed on it by paragraph 3 as the Welsh Ministers consider reasonable, and those expenses may include travelling and other allowances and compensation for loss of remunerative time.