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 Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, the Queen Mother’s Hospital Yorkhill, and at establishments associated with those hospitals, and also including the management of any teaching and research facilities associated with those establishments and the support services related thereto”.