§ ".—(1) The Secretary of State shall by regulations provide for the establishment of bodies to be known as Patients' Councils (referred to in this section as "Councils") the members of which are to be appointed in each case b v two or more Patients' Forums.
§ (2) The regulations shall provide for determining—
- (a) the Patients' loruins by which the members of a Council are to be app Hinted, and
- (b) the area in relation to which the functions of a Council are exercisable.
§ (3) The functions of a Council are—
- (a) to facilitate he co-ordination by member Forums of their activities;
- (b) to make reports to health authorities, local authorities and their committees and to the Secretary of State in accordance with the regulations;
- (c) to carry out such arrangements as may be made with the Council under section I9A of the 1977 Act (independent advocacy services);
- (d) such other functions as the regulations may prescribe.
§ (4) The "member Forums" of a Council are the Patients' Forums by which its members are for the time being appointed.'.