(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force sections 4(c) and 17 (partially) of, and paragraphs 5(3) and (17) and 17(a)(i) of schedule 4 to, the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (“the Act”) relating to the Scottish Hospital Trust.
Article 2(a) brings into force section 4(c) of the Act which dissolves the Scottish Hospital Trust.
Article 2(b) and (c) brings into force consequential amendments to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29) and the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 13) which remove references to the Scottish Hospital Trust.