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The Velindre National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2002

W.S.I. 2002/2199 · Made 21 August 2002

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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, WALES

Made 21st August 2002

Coming into force 1st October 2002

The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of powers conferred on the Secretary of State for Wales by section 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977f1, section 5(1) and (6) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990f2 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and now vested in the National Assembly for Walesf3 after completion of the consultation prescribed under section 5(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990f4, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1977 c. 49; section 126(3) was amended by section 65(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19).

f2

1990 c. 19.

f3

The functions of the Secretary of State for Wales under s.126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977 and s.5(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).

f4

Section 5(2) was substituted by paragraph 69 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of article 3 of the principal Order
  3. 3Amendment of article 4 of the principal Order
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

(1)

This order may be cited as the Velindre National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st October 2002.

(2)

In this Order, “the principal Order” (“y prif Orchymyn”) means the Velindre National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 as amended f1.

2Amendment of article 3 of the principal Order

The principal Order shall be amended by the insertion after article 3(2) of the following—

“(d)

to manage and provide to or in relation to the health service in Wales a range of public health, health protection and health advisory services, child protection services, microbiological laboratory services and services relating to the surveillance, prevention and control of communicable diseases.”.

3Amendment of article 4 of the principal Order

In article 4 of the principal Order (Directors of the trust), for “4 executive directors” substitute “5 executive directors.”.

Signature

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998f1

Jane Davidson

The Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning

21st August 2002

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order further amends the Velindre National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 (the principal Order) so as to amend its functions and increase its number of executive directors.

The Order extends the functions of the trust to include the function of managing and providing a range of public health, health protection and advisory services, child protection services, microbiological laboratory services and services relating to the surveillance, prevention and control of communicable diseases.

The Order amends the principal Order by increasing the number of executive directors from 4 to 5.