The Borders General Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2000

Made28th September 2000

Coming into force29th September 2000

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 12A(1) and (4) and 105(6) of, and paragraphs 1 and 3(1)(b) of Schedule 7A to, the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 19781 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1. (1)

This Order may be cited as the Borders General Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2000 and shall come into force on 29th September 2000.

(2)

In this Order “the principal Order” means the Borders General Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 19942.

Amendment of the principal Order

2.

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) of the Act.
(2)
The trust’s functions shall be to provide goods and services for the purpose of the Health Service at, from or through hospital accommodation and facilities at the Borders General Hospital, Melrose and at establishments associated with that hospital, and also including the management of any teaching and research facilities associated with that establishment and the support services related thereto”.

3.

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

SUSAN C DEACON

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

28th September 2000

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Borders General Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/2998) 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”.