Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 834

The Bradford Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) and (Establishment) Amendment Order 2003

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2003 No. 834

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

The Bradford Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) and (Establishment) Amendment Order 2003

	Made	20th March 2003
	Coming into force	1st April 2003

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977[1], and by section 5(1) of, and paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 2 to, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990[2], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation
    1. - (1) This Order may be cited as the Bradford Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) and (Establishment) Amendment Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003.

    (2) In this Order - 

"the Establishment Order" means the Bradford Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1990[3]; and

"the trust" means the National Health Service Trust established by the Establishment Order.

Change of name of the Trust
    2.The trust shall be called the Bradford Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Trust instead of the Bradford Hospitals National Health Service Trust, and accordingly - 

(a) In article 1(2) of the Establishment Order, in the definition of "the trust"; and

(b) In article 2 of the Establishment Order,

the words "Bradford Hospitals" shall be replaced by "Bradford Teaching Hospitals".

    3.The change of name effected by article 2 of this Order shall not - 

(a) affect any right or obligation of any person; or

(b) be taken as invalidating any instrument (whether made before, on, or after the day on which this Order comes into force) which refers to the trust by its previous name,

and all instruments and other documents which refer to the trust under its previous name shall be construed as referring to it under its new name.

Directors of the Trust
    4.For article 4 of the Establishment Order there shall be substituted - 

    " 4. - (1) The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman, 6 non-executive directors and 5 executive directors.

    (2) Since the trust is to be regarded as having a significant teaching commitment within the meaning of paragraph 3(1)(d) of Schedule 2 to the Act, one of the non-executive directors shall be appointed from Leeds University.".

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health


Jacqui Smith
Minister of State, Department of Health

20th March 2003

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Bradford Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1990, which established the Bradford Hospitals National Health Service Trust.

Article 2 of the Order changes the name of the trust from the Bradford Hospitals National Health Service Trust to the Bradford Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Trust, and makes consequential amendments to the Establishment Order.

Article 4 increases the number of non-executive directors from 5 to 6 and requires that one of them must be appointed from Leeds University to reflect the Trust's teaching commitment.

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Notes:

[1] 1977 c. 49 ("the 1977 Act"). Section 126(3) was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) ("the 1990 Act"), s. 65(2), by paragraph 57 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) ("the 1995 Act") and by the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46), Schedule 2, paragraph 27.back

[2] 1990 c. 19. Section 5(1) was amended by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) ("the 1999 Act"), section 13(1)(a), (10), and by section 65(2), Schedule 5. Paragraph 3 to Schedule 2 was amended by the 1995 Act, Schedule 2, paragraph 85(a); by the 1999 Act, section 13(7), (10), and by Schedule 4, paragraphs 74, 83(1), (2).back

[3] S.I. 1990/2402.back

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