{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-appointments-commission-establishment-and-constitution-order-2001/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/793",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service Appointments Commission (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-appointments-commission-establishment-and-constitution-order-2001",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Functions of the Commission",
  "text": "Subject to, and in accordance with, such directions as the Secretary of State may give, the Commission shall perform—\n(a) such functions in connection with the appointment of—\n(i) the chairman and members of Health Authorities and Primary Care Trusts established for areas in England;\n(ii) the chairman and directors of NHS trusts all or most of whose hospitals, establishments and facilities are situated in England;\n(iii) special trustees for health service hospitals situated in England;\n(iv) trustees for NHS trusts all or most of whose hospitals, establishments and facilities are situated in England; and\n(v) trustees for Primary Care Trusts established for areas in England,\nand,\n(b) such other functions,\nas the Secretary of State may direct.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See in particular, sections 16D, 17 and 18 of the National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49) (“the 1977 Act”); sections 16D and 17 were inserted by section 12(1) of the 1999 Act. Section 18 was amended by Schedule 10 to the 1990 Act, by section 3(8) of the 1995 Act, by paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Act and by section 12(3) of the 1999 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 95 of the 1977 Act; for the definition of “health service hospital” see section 128(1) of the 1977 Act as amended by paragraph 77(d) of Schedule 1 to the 1980 Act, section 6(2)(c) of the 1990 Act and paragraph 38(2)(a) of Schedule 4 to the 1999 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 11 of the 1990 Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/2028",
      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service Appointments Commission (Establishment and Constitution) (Amendment) Order 2005"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/793/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:58:32.393290+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}