Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Scheme may be cited as the Scottish Hospital Trust Scheme 1993 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

In this Scheme—

• “the 1971 Act” means the Hospital Endowments (Scotland) Act 1971^f1;

• “the 1978 Act” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;

• “allocated relevant endowments” means the relevant endowments for which a Health Board may hold a certificate issued to it by the Trust in terms of regulation 6 of the Scottish Hospital Trust Regulations 1972^f2;

• “NHS Trust” means a National Health Service Trust constituted under section 12A of the 1978 Act^f3;

• “percentage share” means the proportion in percentage terms which a Health Board’s allocated relevant endowments added to any property accepted by the Trust in relation to that Health Board in pursuance of paragraph 4(f) of Schedule 6 of the 1978 Act^f4 bears to the total of relevant endowments held by the Trust and any property accepted by the Trust in pursuance of the said paragraph 4(f);

• “relevant endowments” means endowments referred to in section 11(3) of the 1978 Act;

• “the Trust” means the Scottish Hospital Trust constituted under section 11 of the 1978 Act.