1999 No. 94

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

The Fife Primary Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment)Amendment Order 1999

Made

Coming into force

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 19781 andof all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the followingOrder:

Citation, commencement and interpretation1

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 19982.

Amendment of the principal Order2

1

For article 3 of the principal Order there is substituted–

Nature and functions of the trust3

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) Regulations19893;

ii

The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland)Regulations 19984;

iii

The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances)(Scotland) Regulations 19895;

iv

The National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission ofCharges) (Scotland) Regulations 19886.

2

In article 4 of the principal Order (directors of the trust) for thewords “non executive directors” there is substituted “trustees”.

IAIN GRAYAuthorised to sign by the Scottish MinistersSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh

(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”