http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/8/part/II/crossheading/nhs-trustsHealth Act 1999An Act to amend the law about the national health service; make provision in relation to arrangements and payments between health service bodies and local authorities with respect to health and health-related functions; confer power to regulate any professions concerned (wholly or partly) with the physical or mental health of individuals; and for connected purposes.1999-07-05texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-17Expert Participation2022-07-01 Part II The National Health Service: Scotland <Acronym Expansion="National Health Service">NHS</Acronym> trusts Establishment orders.461In section 12A of the 1978 Act (NHS trusts)—ain subsection (1), for paragraphs (a) and (b) there is substituted “ to provide goods and services for the purposes of the health service ”,bfor subsection (4) there is substituted—4The functions which may be specified in an order under subsection (1) include a duty to provide goods or services so specified at, from, or through a hospital or other establishment or facility so specified.2In section 108(1) (interpretation) after the definition of “property” there is inserted—provide” includes manage.3Any order under section 12A(1) of that Act—ais to be treated as always having had effect with the omission of any obligation for the NHS trust to which the order relates to own land specified in the order, andbso far as any functions specified in it could have been specified under that provision as amended by this Act, is to be treated as having been made under that provision as so amended.4Any restriction preventing the acquisition by any NHS trust (including any NHS trust dissolved before the commencement of this section) of land merely because the land did not comprise a hospital or other establishment or facility previously managed or provided by a Health Board or the Agency is to be treated as never having had effect.5An order under section 63 of this Act may—aprovide for any provision made by it for the purposes of, in consequence of, or for giving full effect to, this section to be treated as having had effect from a time before the commencement of this section,bmake such provision about an NHS trust dissolved before that commencement.6In paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 7A to the 1978 Act (establishment orders), for “assume responsibility for the ownership and management of” there is substituted “ provide services at ”.7In paragraph 3 of Schedule 7B to that Act (borrowing limits), in sub-paragraph (1), for the words from “established” to “manage” there is substituted “ which are required to provide services at or from ”.8The 1978 Act is to be treated as always having had effect subject to the amendments made by this section. Directions as to delegation of functions.47After section 12A of the 1978 Act there is inserted— Additional functions of NHS trusts.12AAThe Secretary of State may direct a Health Board to delegate to an NHS trust or NHS trusts some or all of their functions—aunder section 2(1) of making arrangements on his behalf for the provision of services mentioned in Part II; orbrelating to pilot schemes under Part I of the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997; orcrelating to arrangements under section 17C for the provision of personal medical services and personal dental services. Constitution of NHS trust boards.48In section 12A of the 1978 Act (NHS trusts), in subsection (3), for paragraph (a) there is substituted—ashall be a body corporate having a board of directors consisting of a chairman who is not an employee of the trust, appointed by the Secretary of State; and, subject to paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 7A, executive directors (directors who, subject to subsection (5), are employees of the trust) and non-executive directors (directors who, subject to subsection (5), are not employees of the trust and who shall be known as “trustees”). Duties of NHS trusts.491Paragraph 6 of Schedule 7A to the 1978 Act is amended as follows.2For sub-paragraph (1) there is substituted—1In carrying out the functions for the time being conferred on it an NHS trust shall comply with any directions given to it by the Secretary of State, whether of a general or of a particular nature.3Sub-paragraph (2) is omitted.
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