1996 No. 488
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Authorities for the Ashworth, Broadmoor and Rampton Hospitals (Establishment and Constitution) Order 1996

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 11(1), (2) and (4), 126(4) and paragraph 9(7)(b) of Schedule 5 to the National Health Service Act 19771 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—

Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Authorities for the Ashworth, Broadmoor and Rampton Hospitals (Establishment and Constitution) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.

(2)

In this Order—

“Authority” unless the context otherwise requires, means a Special Health Authority established by this Order;

“direct” and “directions” refer to directions given in exercise of a power conferred by the National Health Service Act 1977;

“the Schedule” means the Schedule to this Order.

Establishment of the Authorities2.

There are hereby established three Special Health Authorities which shall be known by the names specified in column (1) of the Schedule.

Functions of the Authorities3.

Subject to and in accordance with such directions2 as the Secretary of State may give to it, each Authority specified in column (1) of the Schedule shall perform on behalf of the Secretary of State such functions relating to the special hospital specified opposite its name in column (2) of that Schedule as the Secretary of State may direct it by regulations3 to perform on his behalf.

Constitution4.

(1)

Each Authority shall consist of a chairman and eight or ten other members.

(2)

The chairman shall not be an officer of the Authority.

(3)

The other members shall comprise an equal number of persons who are, and persons who are not, officers of the Authority.

(4)

The members who are officers of the Authority shall include—

(a)

the chief executive;

(b)

the director of finance;

(c)

a registered medical practitioner; and

(d)

a registered nurse.

(5)

Where more than one person is appointed jointly to an office in an Authority in relation to which an officer member is to be appointed, those persons shall become or be appointed as an officer member jointly, and shall count as one person for the purposes of this article.

Remuneration of members5.

Each Authority is specified for the purposes of paragraph 9(7)(b) of Schedule 5 to the National Health Service Act 1977.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

John Bowis
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health

SCHEDULESPECIAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES AND THE HOSPITALS IN RESPECT OF WHICH THEIR FUNCTIONS SHALL BE EXERCISABLE

Articles 2 and 3

Column (1)

Column (2)

The Ashworth Hospital Authority

Ashworth Special Hospital, Maghull, Merseyside

The Broadmoor Hospital Authority

Broadmoor Special Hospital, Crowthorne, Berkshire

The Rampton Hospital Authority

Rampton Special Hospital, Retford, Nottinghamshire

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the establishment, constitution and remuneration of members of three Special Health Authorities to be known as the Ashworth Hospital Authority, the Broadmoor Hospital Authority and the Rampton Hospital Authority. The Authorities have been established for the purposes of managing Ashworth, Broadmoor and Rampton Special Hospitals respectively and for the purposes of providing such mental health and other services as the Secretary of State may direct them to perform on his behalf.

Article 2 establishes the Authorities and the functions they may each be directed to perform are described in article 3 and the Schedule. The constitution of each of the Authorities is provided for in article 4 and article 5 provides for the remuneration of members of the Authorities who are not also officers.