The Health and Social Services Trusts (Establishment) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007

Made: 9th March 2007

Coming into operation: 1st April 2007

In accordance with Article 10(2) of that Order it has consulted with Health and Social Services Councils and such other persons and bodies as the Department considered appropriate.

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Health and Social Services Trusts (Establishment) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2007.

• (2) In this Order—

• (a) “relevant establishment orders” means—

• The South Eastern Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006[^f00003]

• The Northern Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006[^f00004]

• The Southern Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006[^f00005]

• The Western Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006[^f00006]

• (b) “Belfast Trust Establishment Order” means the Belfast Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006[^f00007].

Amendment of the relevant establishment orders

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• (1) Each of the relevant establishment orders shall be amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

• (2) For Article 5(1) of each of the relevant establishment orders (Directors of the trust) there shall be substituted:-

(5) The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman, 7 non-executive directors and 5 executive directors.

Amendment of the Belfast Trust Establishment Order

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In Article 5(1) of the Belfast Trust Establishment Order (Directors of the trust) for “5” there shall be substituted “7”.

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 9th March 2007

Nigel Carson — A senior officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This order makes amendments to orders under Article 10(1) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 establishing Health and Social Services Trusts in order to increase the number of non-executive directors from 5 to 7.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: Formerly the Department of Health and Social Services. See S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Article 3(6)

[^f00002]: S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1); Article 10 and Schedule 3 were amended by S.I. 1994/429 (N.I. 2) and 2001c3 (N.I.)

[^f00003]: S.R. 2006 No.293

[^f00004]: S.R. 2006 No.295

[^f00005]: S.R. 2006 No.294

[^f00006]: S.R. 2006 No.296

[^f00007]: S.R. 2006 No.292