The University Hospitals of Leicester National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1999
This Order establishes the University Hospitals of Leicester 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 both before (article 7) and after (article 3) its operational date (the date on which it assumes all its functions) and the number of executive and non-executive directors (article 4), and that one of the latter shall be appointed from the University of Leicester (article 5). It specifies the operational date and the accounting date of the trust (article 6) and makes provision for assistance to the trust by Leicestershire Health Authority before its operational date (article 8). Finally, it specifies the value of assets in excess of which the Secretary of State is to consider the disposal of the assets (article 9).