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The Health and Social Services Trusts (Establishment) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007

S.R. 2007/269 · Made 9 March 2007

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Health and personal social services

Made 9th March 2007

Coming into operation 1st April 2007

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safetyf1, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 10(1) of, and paragraphs 1 and 3A of Schedule 3 to the Health and personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991f2.

In accordance with Article 10(2) of that Order it has consulted with Health and Social Services Councils and such other persons and bodies as the Department considered appropriate.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

Formerly the Department of Health and Social Services. See S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Article 3(6)

f2

S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1); Article 10 and Schedule 3 were amended by S.I. 1994/429 (N.I. 2) and 2001c3 (N.I.)

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Amendment of the relevant establishment orders
  3. 3Amendment of the Belfast Trust Establishment Order
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Health and Social Services Trusts (Establishment) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2007.

(2)

In this Order—

(a)

“relevant establishment orders” means—

  • The South Eastern Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006f1

  • The Northern Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006f2

  • The Southern Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006f3

  • The Western Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006f4

(b)

“Belfast Trust Establishment Order” means the Belfast Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006f5.

2Amendment of the relevant establishment orders

(1)

Each of the relevant establishment orders shall be amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2)

For Article 5(1) of each of the relevant establishment orders (Directors of the trust) there shall be substituted:-

“5

The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman, 7 non-executive directors and 5 executive directors.”

3Amendment of the Belfast Trust Establishment Order

In Article 5(1) of the Belfast Trust Establishment Order (Directors of the trust) for “5” there shall be substituted “7”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 9th March 2007

L.S.

Nigel Carson

A senior officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This order makes amendments to orders under Article 10(1) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 establishing Health and Social Services Trusts in order to increase the number of non-executive directors from 5 to 7.