Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Southern Derbyshire Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998.

(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires-

"the Act" means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;

"the trust" means the Southern Derbyshire Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order.

Establishment and name of the trust

2. There is established an NHS trust which shall be called the Southern Derbyshire Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust.

Functions of the trust

3. The trust's functions (which include functions which the Secretary of State considers appropriate in relation to the provision of services by the trust for one or more Health Authorities) shall be-

(a)to own and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(a) of the Act Derby City General Hospital, Uttoxeter Road, Derby DE22 3NE, Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, Devonshire House, London Road, Derby DE1 2QY and other premises associated with either of those hospitals, and there to provide hospital accommodation and services (including teaching and research facilities); and

(b)to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act hospitals or other establishments or facilities in the area of the Southern Derbyshire Health Authority, and there to provide hospital accommodation and services.

Directors of the trust

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

Significant teaching commitment

5.-(1) The trust is to be regarded as having a significant teaching commitment by virtue of paragraph 3(2)(b) of Schedule 2 to the Act.

(2) One of the non-executive directors of the trust shall be appointed from the University of Nottingham.

Operational date and accounting date of the trust

6.-(1) The operational date of the trust(4) shall be 1st April 1998.

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

Restriction on disposal of assets

7. The sum specified for the purposes of paragraph 6(2)(d) of Schedule 2 to the Act (maximum value of freely disposable assets) in relation to the trust shall be £1,000,000.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order establishes the Southern Derbyshire Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust, an NHS trust provided for in section 5 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990. It also provides for the functions of the trust (article 3), specifies the number of executive and non-executive directors of the trust (article 4), and makes provision for the trust to be regarded as having a significant teaching commitment (article 5). It specifies the operational date and the accounting date of the trust (article 6). It specifies the value of assets in excess of which the Secretary of State is to consider the disposal of the assets (article 7).

This Order should be read in conjunction with the Derby City General Hospital National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 1998(5) and the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 1998(6).