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Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 884

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Southampton University Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999

Made

18th March 1999

Coming into force

1st April 1999

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977(1) and section 5(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act(2) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after completion of the consultation prescribed under section 5(2) of the latter Act(3), hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Southampton University Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.

Amendment of NHS trust Establishment Order

2.  In article 4 of the Southampton University Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992(4), for “5 non-executive” substitute “6 non-executive”.

Frank Dobson

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State,

Department of Health

18th March 1999

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the constitution of the Southampton University Hospitals National Health Service Trust, an NHS trust established by Order under Part I of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, by increasing the number of non-executive directors from 5 to 6.

(1)

1977 c. 49; section 126(3) was amended by section 65(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), by paragraph 57 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”) and by section 41(10) and paragraph 27 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46).

(2)

1990 c. 19; section 5 was amended by paragraph 69 of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Act.

(3)

See S.I. 1996/653, regulation 2(3).