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Statutory Instruments

2010 No. 306

National Health Service, England

The NHS Foundation Trusts (Trust Funds: Appointment of Trustees) Amendment Order 2010

Made

10th February 2010

Coming into force

10th March 2010

The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 51(1) and (2), 64(5) and (6) and 273(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006(1).

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the NHS Foundation Trusts (Trust Funds: Appointment of Trustees) Amendment Order 2010 and comes into force on 10th March 2010.

(2) In this Order, “the principal Order” means the NHS Foundation Trusts (Trust Funds: Appointment of Trustees) Order 2007(2).

Amendment of the Schedule to the principal Order

2.  In the Schedule to the principal Order, before the entry “Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust”, add the entry “Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust”(3).

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Mike O’Brien

Minister of State,

Department of Health

10th February 2010

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order adds the Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust to the Schedule to the NHS Foundation Trusts (Trust Funds: Appointment of Trustees) Order 2007. This means that the Appointments Commission must appoint trustees for that NHS foundation trust to hold property on trust for the purposes of the trust or relating to the health service and may remove trustees from office.

(3)

Authorised as an NHS foundation trust with effect from 1 August 2008; see www.monitor-nhsft.gov.uk/home/about-nhs-foundation-trusts/nhs-foundation-trust-directory.