Explanatory note

This Order amends the Yorkshire Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2006 (“the Establishment Order”), which established the Yorkshire Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (“the trust”).

Article 2 amends article 1 of the Establishment Order to remove definitions which are no longer needed as they are of no on-going relevance.

Article 3 sets out the functions of the trust as being to provide goods and services for the purposes of the health service. It removes the reference to ambulance and associated transport and other services including community health services.

Article 4 increases the number of non-executive directors in addition to the chairman, that the trust must have from 5 to 6.

Article 5 omits the specification of the trust's “operational date” as it is of no on-going relevance.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.