National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990

3 (1) Without prejudice to any amendment made by a subsequent order, the first order to be made in relation to any NHS trust shall specify— E+W

(a) the name of the trust;

(b) the functions of the trust;

(c) the number of executive directors and non-executive directors;

(d) where the trust is to be regarded as having a significant teaching commitment, a provision to secure the inclusion in the non-executive directors referred to in paragraph (c) above of a person appointed from a university with a medical or dental school specified in the order;

(e) the operational date of the trust, that is to say, the date on which the trust is to begin to undertake the whole of the functions conferred on it; and

(f) if a scheme is to be made under section 6 of this Act, the [F1 Health Authority or Special Health Authority which are], [F2 or the Primary Care Trust which is] to make the scheme.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(d) above, an NHS trust is to be regarded as having a significant teaching commitment in the following cases—

(a) if the trust is established to [F3 provide services at] a hospital or other establishment or facility which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, has a significant teaching and research commitment; and

(b) in any other case, if the Secretary of State so provides in the order.

(3) In a case where the order contains a provision made by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(d) above and a person who is being considered for appointment by virtue of that provision—

(a) is employed by the university in question, and

(b) would also, apart from this sub-paragraph, be regarded as employed by the trust,

his employment by the trust shall be disregarded in determining whether, if appointed, he will be a non-executive director of the trust.

(4) An order shall specify the accounting date of the trust.

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Amendments (Textual)

F1 Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(1)(f) substituted (1.4.1996 subject to s. 8 of the amending Act) by 1995 c. 17, s. 2(1)(3), Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 85(a) (with Sch. 2 paras. 6, 16)

F2 Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(1)(f) inserted (1.4.2000 for E. and otherwiseprosp.) by 1999 c. 8, ss. 65(1), 67(1), Sch. 4 paras. 74, 83(2); S.I. 1999/2342, art. 2(3)(a), Sch. 2

F3 Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(2) substituted (retrospectively) by 1999 c. 8, s. 13(7)(10); S.I. 1999/2540, art. 2(1)(a), Sch. 1; S.I. 1999/3184, art. 2(1), Sch. 1