Commentary
8.Subsection (1) of section 1 establishes the Health Protection Agency or in Welsh Yr Asiantaeth Diogelu Iechyd as a body corporate. (These names were chosen for the Health Protection Agency Special Health Authority, which will be wound up on the establishment of the non-departmental public body).
9.Subsection (2) introduces Schedule 1, which makes detailed provisions on the constitution of the Agency. The Schedule includes provisions about the membership of the Agency, its status, the chief executive, general provisions about terms of appointment and disqualification for appointment, proceedings, staff, finance, annual report, the authentication of the Agency's seal and regulations.