# Health Act 1999, Section 48: Constitution of NHS trust boards.


In section 12A of the 1978 Act (NHS trusts), in subsection (3), for paragraph (a) there is substituted—
“(a) shall be a body corporate having a board of directors consisting of a chairman who is not an employee of the trust, appointed by the Secretary of State; and, subject to paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 7A, executive directors (directors who, subject to subsection (5), are employees of the trust) and non-executive directors (directors who, subject to subsection (5), are not employees of the trust and who shall be known as “trustees”)”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/8/section/48 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-act-1999/section-48
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