1999 No. 94
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
The Fife Primary Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment)Amendment Order 1999
Made 29th September 1999
Coming into force 1st October 1999

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on them bysection 12A(1) and (4) of, and paragraphs 1 and 3(1)(b) and (c) of Schedule7A to, the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 andof all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the followingOrder:
1978 c. 29; section 12A(1) and (4) was inserted by theNational Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990Act”), section 31 and amended by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999Act”), section 46; Schedule 7A was inserted by the 1990 Act, Schedule 6and was amended by the 1999 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 62. The functions ofthe Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtueof section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

1 Citation, commencement and interpretation
1 This Order may be cited as the Fife Primary Care National HealthService Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999 and shall come intoforce on 1st October 1999.
2 In this Order “the principal Order” means the Fife Primary CareNational Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1998.
S.I. 1998/2712.

2 Amendment of the principal Order
1 For article 3 of the principal Order there is substituted–

“3 Nature and functions of the trust
1 The trust is established for the purpose specified in section 12A(1) ofthe Act.
2 The trust’s functions shall be–
(a) to provide goods and services for the purpose of the Health Service at,from or through hospital accommodation and facilities at Adamson Hospital,Cupar and St Andrew’s Memorial Hospital, St Andrews, and at establishmentsassociated with those hospitals, and also including the management of anyteaching and research facilities associated with those establishments andthe support services related thereto;
(b) insofar as not included in paragraph (a) above, to make arrangementsfor the provision of services mentioned in Part II of the Act; and
(c) to carry out the primary and community health care functions of FifeHealth Board under the following Regulations–
(i) The National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Scotland) Regulations1989;
S.I. 1989/363, to which there are amendments not relevantto this Order.
(ii) The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland)Regulations 1998;
S.I. 1998/642, to which there are amendments not relevantto this Order.
(iii) The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances)(Scotland) Regulations 1989;
S.I. 1989/326, to which there are amendments not relevantto this Order.
(iv) The National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission ofCharges) (Scotland) Regulations 1988.
S.I. 1988/546, to which there are amendments not relevantto this Order”

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2 In article 4 of the principal Order (directors of the trust) for thewords “non executive directors” there is substituted “trustees”.
IAIN GRAY Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 29th September 1999

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Fife Primary Care National Health Service Trust(Establishment) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2712) to substitute a new article 3relating to the nature and functions of the trust and to amend article 4 tosubstitute a reference to “trustees” for the referenceto “nonexecutive directors”