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

• Citation: S.I. 2003/834
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(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 ; and

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

Section 2 Change of name of the Trust

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”.

Section 3 Change of name of the Trust

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.

Section 4 Directors of the Trust

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.