Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1^st July 2005.

(2) This Order applies in relation to England.

(3) In this Order—

“the Act” means the National Health Service Act 1977;

“the Institute” means the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement established by this Order;

“NHS body” means a Strategic Health Authority (1), a Primary Care Trust (2), a Special Health Authority (3), an NHS trust (4) and an NHS foundation trust (5);

“NHS staff” means any person employed by or engaged to provide services to an NHS body; and

“Prescription Pricing Authority” means the Special Health Authority established by the Prescription Pricing Authority Constitution Order 1990(6).

(1)

See section 8 of the Act.

(2)

See section 11 of the Act.

(3)

See section 16A of the Act.

(4)

See section 5 of the 1990 Act.

(5)

See section 1 of the 2003 Act.

(6)

S.I. 1990/1718.