The Leicestershire and Rutland Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1998
This Order establishes on 1st January 1999 the Leicestershire and Rutland Healthcare National Health Service Trust (“the new 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 new trust (article 3). It specifies the number of executive and non-executive directors of the new trust (article 4) and that one of the non-executive directors shall be appointed from the University of Leicester (article 5). It specifies the operational date (the date on which the new trust assumes all its functions), the accounting date of the new trust (article 6), and the limited functions that the new trust may carry out between its establishment and operational dates (article 7), and makes provision for assistance to be given by Leicestershire Health Authority between those dates (article 8). It specifies the value above which assets cannot be disposed of without the Secretary of State’s consent (article 9).