Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Scottish Hospital Trust (Transfer of Property) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 6th February 2004.

In these Regulations–

• “Health Board” has the same meaning as in section 108(1) (interpretation) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978^f1;

• “main transfer” means the transfer of Trust property, as described in regulation 2(1), on 12th February 2004;

• “supplementary transfer” means the transfer of Trust property, as described in regulation 2(2), on 31st March 2004;

• “the Trust” means the Scottish Hospital Trust constituted under section 11(1) (Scottish Hospital Trust) of the 1978 Act; and

• “Trust property” has the same meaning as in section 5(1) of the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (property of the Scottish Hospital Trust).