The Royal Cornwall Hospitals and West Cornwall Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2003

Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 2434

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals and West Cornwall Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2003

Made

18th September 2003

Coming into force

7th October 2003

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977(1), and by section 5(1) of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990(2), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Royal Cornwall Hospitals and West Cornwall Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2003 and shall come into force on 7th October 2003.

(2) In this Order—

“the Establishment Order” means the Royal Cornwall Hospitals and West Cornwall Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1991(3); and

“the trust” means the National Health Service Trust established by the Establishment Order.

Increase in the number of non-executive directors of the trust

2.  In article 4 of the Establishment Order (directors of the trust) “5 non-executive directors” shall be replaced by “6 non-executive directors”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Rosie Winterton

Minister of State,

Department of Health

18th September 2003

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Royal Cornwall Hospitals and West Cornwall Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1991, which established the Royal Cornwall Hospitals and West Cornwall Hospital National Health Service Trust.

Article 2 of the Order increases the number of non-executive directors of the trust 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) (“the 1990 Act”), paragraph 57 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”) and section 41(10) of, and paragraph 27 of Schedule 2 to, the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46) (“the 1997 Act”). The functions of the Secretary of State under these provisions are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2(a) of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672, as amended by section 66(5) of the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”).

(2)

1990 c. 19; section 5(1) was amended by sections 13(1)(a), (10) and 65(2) of, and Schedule 5 to, the 1999 Act; paragraph 3 to Schedule 2 was amended by paragraph 85(a) of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Act and by section 13(7) and (10) of, and paragraphs 74, 83(1) and (2) of Schedule 4 to, the 1999 Act.

(3)

S.I. 1991/2391 as amended by S.I. 1992/1276 to change the name of the trust to Royal Cornwall Hospitals National Health Service Trust.