The Gloucestershire Care Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2014

Made: 17th February 2014

Coming into force: 10th March 2014

In accordance with section 25(3) of that Act, the prescribed consultation has been completed[^f00002].

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1

• (1) This Order may be cited as the Gloucestershire Care Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2014 and comes into force on 10th March 2014.

• (2) In this Order, “the Establishment Order” means the Gloucestershire Care Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2013[^f00003].

Amendment of article 1 of the Establishment Order

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In article 1 of the Establishment Order (citation, commencement and interpretation), in paragraph (2) omit the definition of “operational date”.

Amendment of article 4 of the Establishment Order

3

In article 4(1) of the Establishment Order (directors of the trust), for “4 non-executive directors” substitute “6 non-executive directors”.

Amendment of article 5 of the Establishment Order

4

For article 5 of the Establishment Order (operational date and accounting date of the trust) and the heading to that article, substitute—

(5) The accounting date of the trust shall be 31st March.

Revocation of articles 6 and 7 of the Establishment Order

5

The following articles of the Establishment Order are revoked—

• (a) article 6 (limited functions before operational date); and

• (b) article 7 (assistance by Strategic Health Authority before operational date).

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.

Earl Howe — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, — Department of Health — 17th February 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the Gloucestershire Care Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2013, which established the Gloucestershire Care Services National Health Service Trust.

Articles 2 and 4 omit the definition and specification of the trust’s “operational date” as the trust is already established.

Article 3 increases the number of non-executive directors of the trust from 4 to 6. This is in addition to the chairman.

Article 5 revokes articles 6 and 7 of the Establishment Order as they relate to the period before the operational date and are of no ongoing relevance.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2006 c.41. Section 179(2) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7) provides for the repeal of section 25 of the National Health Service Act 2006 (subsection (4) of which gives Schedule 4 effect) but this provision is not yet in force.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2010/743, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order. The prescribed consultation under regulation 2(2) is consultation by the Secretary of State with that NHS trust.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2013/531.