Commentary on Sections Part 5 .Appointments Commission Section 60: Commission to exercise Privy Council’s appointment functions
279.Subsection (1) provides for the Appointments Commission to exercise the functions of the Privy Council to appoint members to the health regulatory bodies listed in Schedule 6 to the Act to the extent directed by the Privy Council.
280.Subsection (2) provides for the Appointments Commission to exercise any function of the Privy Council relating to the appointment of members of the Council of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, to the extent directed by the Privy Council.
281.There are various minor consequential amendments to the legislation relating to these regulatory bodies in Schedules 8 and 9 to the Act.