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The Dundee Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1997

S.I. 1997/2948 · Made 9 December 1997

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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, SCOTLAND

Made 9th December 1997

Coming into force 16th December 1997

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 12A(1) of and paragraphs 1 and 3(1)(b) of Schedule 7A to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978f1, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1978 c. 29; section 12A(1) was inserted by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), section 31; Schedule 7A was inserted by the 1990 Act, Schedule 6; paragraph 1 of Schedule 7A is cited for the definition of “an Order”.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Amendment of Article 3 of the principal Order
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Dundee Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1997 and shall come into force on 16th December 1997.

(2)

In this Order “the principal Order” means the Dundee Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992f1.

2Amendment of Article 3 of the principal Order

For article 3 of the principal Order there shall be substituted the following:

“3
(1)

The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 12A(1) of the Act.

(2)

The trust’s functions (which include functions which the Secretary of State considers appropriate in relation to the provision of services by the trust for one or more health boards) shall be–

(a)

to own and manage under section 12A(1)(a) of the Act the hospital establishments or facilities known as the Ninewells Hospital, Dundee Royal Infirmary, King’s Cross Hospital and Dundee Dental Hospital, all Dundee, and Dundee Limb Fitting Centre, Broughty Ferry, and establishments associated with these hospitals, including management of the facilities provided at and from those establishments, and also including the management of the teaching and research facilities associated with these establishments and the support services related thereto; and

(b)

to provide and manage under section 12A(1)(b) of the Act facilities comprising a new Orthotics Department, clinical out-patients accommodation, a multi-storey car park, surface car parking and associated facilities all at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee.”.

Signature

Sam Galbraith

Minister for Health Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

9th December 1997

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order substitutes a new article 3 in the Dundee Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992 to empower the trust to provide and manage a new Orthotics Department, clinical out-patients accommodation, a multi-storey car park, surface car parking and associated facilities at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee.