2002 No. 2199 (W.219)
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, WALES

The Velindre National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2002

Made
Coming into force
The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of powers conferred on the Secretary of State for Wales by section 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 19771, section 5(1) and (6) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 19902 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and now vested in the National Assembly for Wales3 after completion of the consultation prescribed under section 5(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 19904, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement1.

(1)

This order may be cited as the Velindre National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st October 2002.

(2)

In this Order, “the principal Order” (“y prif Orchymyn”) means the Velindre National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 as amended 5.

Amendment of article 3 of the principal Order2.

The principal Order shall be amended by the insertion after article 3(2) of the following—

“(d)

to manage and provide to or in relation to the health service in Wales a range of public health, health protection and health advisory services, child protection services, microbiological laboratory services and services relating to the surveillance, prevention and control of communicable diseases.”.

Amendment of article 4 of the principal Order3.

In article 4 of the principal Order (Directors of the trust), for “4 executive directors” substitute “5 executive directors.”.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 19986
Jane Davidson
The Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order further amends the Velindre National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 (the principal Order) so as to amend its functions and increase its number of executive directors.

The Order extends the functions of the trust to include the function of managing and providing a range of public health, health protection and advisory services, child protection services, microbiological laboratory services and services relating to the surveillance, prevention and control of communicable diseases.

The Order amends the principal Order by increasing the number of executive directors from 4 to 5.