SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4Amendments relating to NHS foundation trusts

The Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 (c. 46)

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After section 22B there is inserted—

22CApplication of Act to NHS foundation trusts

1

This Act applies to NHS foundation trusts as it applies to companies within the meaning of this Act.

2

References in this Act to a company, or to a director or officer of a company, include, respectively, references to an NHS foundation trust or to a director or officer of the trust; but references to shadow directors are omitted.

3

In the application of Schedule 1 to the directors of an NHS foundation trust, references to the provisions of the Insolvency Act or the Companies Act include references to the corresponding provisions of Part 1 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003.