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Adults with Incapacity (Ethics Committee) (Scotland) Regulations 2002

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 14 Cited in Amendments 7 Related
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JurisdictionScotland
CitationSSI 2002/190
Year2002
  • These Regulations may be cited as the Adults with Incapacity (Ethics Committee) (Scotland) Regulations 2002 and come into force on 1st July 2002.
  • There is hereby constituted an Ethics Committee (“the Committee”) for the purposes specified in section 51 of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000.
    • (1) The members of the Committee may be appointed by the Scottish Ministers on such terms and conditions as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate.(2) No more than F530 members shall be appointed to the Committee at any time.one person who has experience in relation to the treatment of adults who are incapable;one medical practitioner who provides F4primary medical services pursuant to Part I of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 ;one registered nurse or registered midwife;one registered medical practitioner having experience in clinical pharmacology;one F7pharmacist registered in Part 1 of the register maintained under article 19 of the Pharmacy Order 2010 or a registered person as defined by Article 2(2) of the Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 ;one registered medical practitioner who holds the position of hospital consultant;one registered medical practitioner having experience in the field of public health medicine;one member who is registered as a member of a profession to which the F8Health Professions Order 2001 applies; andthree lay members.(4) Each member may be appointed for a period not exceeding 5 years but no member may be appointed for consecutive periods exceeding F912 years.(5) Where a person has been appointed as a member for a total of F1012 years consecutively that person may only be appointed again as a member under paragraph (4) above after the expiration of a period of 2 years from the end of the person’s previous membership.
  • Subject to regulation 3(4) and (5) above, the Scottish Ministers may appoint, from among the members of the Committee, a Chair

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