Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007

213 Trusts

(1) In this section a “relevant trust” means a trust connected with a local authority.

(2) An order under section 212 may include provision which requires, prohibits or regulates—

(a) the taking of specified actions by the trustees of a relevant trust;

(b) the taking of specified actions by a local authority in relation to the trustees of trusts connected with that local authority;

(c) the taking of specified actions by a member or officer of a local authority who is a trustee of a trust connected with that local authority.

(3) Provision included in an order by virtue of this section may relate to—

(a) the trustees of every relevant trust;

(b) the trustees of relevant trusts of a particular description.

(4) For the purposes of this section a trust (“T”) is “connected with” a local authority at any time if, according to proper practices in force at that time, financial information about T must be included in the local authority’s statement of accounts for the financial year in which that time falls.

(5) In this section the following have the same meaning as in section 212—

• “actions”;

• “financial year”;

• “local authority”;

• “specified”.