2003 No. 597

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

The Lothian University Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2003

Made

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 12A(1) and 105(6) of and paragraph 25(1) of Schedule 7A to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 19781 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, having received an application2 from the Lothian University Hospitals National Health Service Trust and after completion of the consultation prescribed under paragraph 25(3) of the said Schedule 7A3, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Lothian University Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st January 2004.

Dissolution of NHS trust2

The Lothian University Hospitals National Health Service Trust is hereby dissolved.

Revocations3

The Orders specified in the Schedule are hereby revoked.

MALCOLM CHISHOLMA member of the Scottish ExecutiveSt Andrew’s House, Edinburgh

SCHEDULEREVOCATIONS

Article 3

Orders revoked

References

The Lothian University Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1998

S.I.1998/2717; amended by S.I.1999/1071 and S.S.I. 1999/81 and 2001/359

The Lothian University Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999

S.I.1999/1071

The Lothian University Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) (No. 2) Order 1999

S.S.I. 1999/81

The Lothian University Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2001

S.S.I. 2001/359

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides by article 2 for the dissolution on 1st January 2004 of the Lothian University Hospitals National Health Service Trust. As a consequence of that dissolution this Order also revokes the Order establishing that trust and Orders amending the establishment Order, which are all detailed in the Schedule.