Regulation 3 Appointment of directors

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg 3 subst (E) by National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) Amendment 2001 reg 4
reg. 3 substituted by National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) 1996 reg. 2(3)
reg. 3(1) words substituted by Health and Care Act 2022 (Consequential and Related Amendments and Transitional Provisions) 2022 reg. 220(2)

(1)

Of the non-executive directors of an NHS trust whose hospital establishment or facility is situated in England–

(a)

two shall be appointed by the Regional Health Authority in whose region the hospital establishment or facility is situated, or, if it is situated in more than one region, the Regional Health Authority in whose region it principally carries out its functions; and

(b)

the remainder, which shall include the person, if any, appointed pursuant to paragraph 3(1)(d) of Schedule 2 to the Act, shall be appointed by the Secretary of State.

(2)

All of the non-executive directors of an NHS trust whose hospital establishment or facility is situated in Wales shall be appointed by the Secretary of State.

(3)

The executive directors of an NHS trust shall be appointed by the relevant committee.