Article 1 Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1^st July 2005.

This Order applies in relation to England.

In this Order—

• “the Act” means the National Health Service Act 1977;

• “the Institute” means the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement established by this Order;

• “NHS body” means a Strategic Health Authority ^f1, a Primary Care Trust ^f2, a Special Health Authority ^f3, an NHS trust ^f4 and an NHS foundation trust ^f5;

• “NHS staff” means any person employed by or engaged to provide services to an NHS body; and

• “Prescription Pricing Authority” means the Special Health Authority established by the Prescription Pricing Authority Constitution Order 1990^f6.