The United Kingdom Transplant Support Service Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Amendment Order 2000

• Citation: S.I. 2000/1621
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent

(1) This Order may be cited as the United Kingdom Transplant Support Service Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Amendment Order 2000 and shall come into force on 12th July 2000.

(2) In this Order—

“ the Authority ” means the United Kingdom Transplant Support Service Authority; and

“ the Order ” means the United Kingdom Transplant Support Service Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Order 1991 .

(3) This Order extends to England and Wales.

Section 2 Change of name of the Authority

(1) The Authority shall be called United Kingdom Transplant instead of the United Kingdom Transplant Support Service Authority and, accordingly, in article 2 of the Order for the words “the United Kingdom Transplant Support Service Authority” there are substituted the words “United Kingdom Transplant”.

(2) The change of name under 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 Authority by its previous name; and all instruments and other documents which refer to the Authority under its previous name shall be construed as referring to it under its new name.

Section 3 Constitution of the Authority

For article 4 of the Order there is substituted the following article—

Constitution of the Authority

(4) The Authority shall consist of—

(a) a chairman,

(b) not less than four nor more than seven members who are not officers of the Authority, and

(c) the Chief Officer of the Authority and not more than four other members who are officers of the Authority provided that the number of members who are officers of the Authority shall not exceed the number of members who are not officers of the Authority.