(1)An authorisation must authorise the NHS foundation trust to provide goods and services for purposes related to the provision of health care.
(2)But the authorisation must secure that the principal purpose of the NHS foundation trust is the provision of goods and services for the purposes of the health service in England.
(3)The NHS foundation trust may also carry on activities other than those mentioned in subsection (1), subject to any restrictions in the authorisation, for the purpose of making additional income available in order better to carry on its principal purpose.
(4)The authorisation may require the provision, wholly or partly for the purposes of the health service in England, of goods and services by the NHS foundation trust.
(5)The authorisation must authorise and may require the NHS foundation trust—
(a)to carry out research in connection with the provision of health care,
(b)to make facilities and staff available for the purposes of education, training or research carried on by others,
and, in deciding how to exercise its functions under this subsection in a case where any of the corporation's hospitals includes a medical or dental school provided by a university, the regulator must have regard to the need to establish and maintain appropriate arrangements within the university.
(6)In deciding whether or not to require the NHS foundation trust to provide, wholly or partly for the purposes of the health service in England, any goods or services the regulator must have regard (among other things) to—
(a)the need for the provision of goods or services in the area in question,
(b)any provision of goods or services by other health service bodies in the area in question,
(c)any other provision by the NHS foundation trust with which the provision of the goods or services is connected,
(d)any agreement or arrangement to which the body corporate which is the NHS foundation trust is or was a party.
(7)Such a requirement as is mentioned in subsection (4) may be framed by reference (among other things) to—
(a)goods or services in general or of a particular description,
(b)goods or services required to meet the needs of health service bodies in general or those of a particular description,
(c)goods or services required to meet the needs of other persons of a particular description,
(d)the volume of goods or services provided,
(e)the place where goods or services are provided,
(f)the period within which goods or services are provided.