2003 No. 2344

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

The West Midlands Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2003

Made

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 19771, and by section 5(1) of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 19902, 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 West Midlands Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2003 and shall come into force on 29th September 2003.

2

In this Order—

  • “the Establishment Order” means the West Midlands Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 19933; and

  • “the trust” means the National Health Service Trust established by the Establishment Order.

Increase in the number of non-executive directors of the trust2

In article 4 of the Establishment Order (directors of the trust) “5 non-executive directors” shall be replaced by “6 non-executive directors ”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

John HuttonMinister of State,Department of Health

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the West Midlands Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993, which established the West Midlands Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust.

Article 2 of the Order increases the number of non-executive directors of the trust from 5 to 6.