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The Horizon National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1997

S.I. 1997/1376 · Made 30 May 1997

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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 30th May 1997

Coming into force 11th June 1997

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1997f1 and section 5(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990f2 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, having completed the consultation prescribed under section 5(2) of that latter Actf3 hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1977 c. 49; section 126(3) was amended by section 65(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19).

f2

1990 c. 19.

f3

See S.I. 1996/653, regulation 2(4).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of NHS Trust Establishment Order
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Horizon National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1997 and shall come into force on 11th June 1997.

2Amendment of NHS Trust Establishment Order

In Article 4 of the Horizon National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1991f1 for “5 non-executive” there shall be substituted “4 non-executive” and for “5 executive” there shall be substituted “4 executive”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.

Alan Milburn

Minister of State,

Department of Health

30th May 1997

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the constitution of an NHS trust established by Order under Part I of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, by reducing the number of non-executive directors and executive directors from 5 to 4 in each case.