(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order establishes the North West London Hospitals National Health Service Trust, an NHS trust provided for in section 5 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990. It also provides for the functions of the trust (article 3) and the number of executive and non-executive directors (article 4) and that one of the non-executive directors shall be appointed from the University of London (article 5). It specifies the operational date (the date on which the trust assumes all its functions) and the accounting date of the trust (article 6). Finally, it specifies the value of assets in excess of which the Secretary of State is to consider the disposal of the assets (article 7).
This Order should be read in conjunction with the Central Middlesex Hospital and the Northwick Park and St. Mark’s National Health Service Trusts (Dissolution) Order 19994.