(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Ayrshire and Arran Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2735) to substitute a new article 3 relating to the nature and functions of the trust and to amend article 4 to substitute a reference to “trustees” for the reference to “non-executive directors”. The Order also revokes the Ayrshire and Arran Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999 (S.S.I. 1999/100), in which there was a defect.