Statutory Instruments

2000 No. 3116

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

The National Health Service Trusts (Trust Funds: Appointment of Trustees) Amendment Order 2000

Made

22nd November 2000

Coming into force

For all purposes other than article 2(b)

29th November 2000

For the purposes of article 2(b)

1st April 2001

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the National Health Service Trusts (Trust Funds: Appointment of Trustees) Amendment Order 2000 and shall come into force for all purposes other than article 2(b) on 29th November 2000 and for the purposes of article 2(b) on 1st April 2001.

(2) In this Order “the principal Order” means the National Health Service Trusts (Trust Funds: Appointment of Trustees) Order 2000(2).

Amendment of the principal Order

2.  The Schedule to the principal Order is amended by—

(a)inserting in the appropriate place in the alphabetical order the following entries—

(b)omitting the following entries—

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.

John Denham

Minister of State,

Department of Health

22nd November 2000

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the National Health Service Trusts (Trust Funds: Appointment of Trustees) Order 2000 by adding 6 NHS trusts to the list of trusts for which the Secretary of State is to appoint trustees and by removing the name of 2 NHS trusts which are being dissolved. Under section 11(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 such trustees have power to accept, hold and administer trust property for the purposes of the NHS trust for which they are appointed or for any other purpose relating to the NHS.

(1)

1990 c. 19. Section 11 was amended by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8), section 13(6).

(2)

S.I. 2000/212.