Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Health Development Agency (Establishment and Constitution) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 14th January 2000.

(2) In this Order “the Agency” means the Health Development Agency established by this Order.

Establishment of the Health Development Agency

2.  There is hereby established a Special Health Authority which shall be known as the Health Development Agency.

Functions of the Agency

3.  Subject to and in accordance with such directions as the Secretary of State may give(2), the Agency shall perform–

(a)such functions in connection with developing and ensuring high quality public health provision and health promotion, and

(b)such other functions,

as the Secretary of State may direct.

Constitution of the Agency

4.  The Agency shall consist of such numbers of members not exceeding 20 as the Secretary of State may from time to time determine, all of whom shall be appointed by the Secretary of State and one of whom shall be appointed Chairman.

Remuneration of members

5.  The Agency is hereby specified for the purposes of paragraph 9(7)(b) of Schedule 5 to the National Health Service Act 1977 (definition of “relevant authority” for the purposes of paying remuneration to members of Health Authorities and certain Special Health Authorities).

Public Meeting

6.  The Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960(3) shall apply to the Agency.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the establishment and constitution of a Special Health Authority, to be known as the Health Development Agency (“the Agency ”), to exercise on behalf of the Secretary of State such functions in connection with developing and ensuring high quality public health provision and health promotion and such other functions as he may direct it to perform.

Article 2 of the Order establishes the Agency, the functions of which are described in article 3 and are to be specified more particularly in directions given by the Secretary of State. Provision is also made for the constitution of the Agency (article 4), for the remuneration of members of the Agency (article 5) and for the admission of the public to meetings (article 6).