Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent

1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the United Lincolnshire Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) (Amendment) Order 2024 and comes into force on 16th September 2024.

(2) In this Order, “ the Establishment Order ” means the United Lincolnshire Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2000( 3 ).

(3) This Order extends to England and Wales.

Amendment of interpretation provision

2. For article 1(2) of the Establishment Order (citation, commencement and interpretation), substitute—

“ (2) In this Order, “ the trust ” means the United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order. ” .

Change of name and savings

3. —(1) In article 2 of the Establishment Order (establishment and name of the trust), after “Lincolnshire” insert “Teaching” .

(2) The change of name effected by paragraph (1) does not—

(a) affect any right or obligation of any person; or

(b) invalidate any instrument (whether made before, on or after the day on which this Order comes into force) which refers to the United Lincolnshire Hospitals National Health Service Trust, and all instruments or other documents which refer to that name must be construed as referring to the United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Trust.

Change to nature and functions of the trust

4. For article 3 of the Establishment Order (nature and functions of the trust) substitute—

“ 3. The trust’s functions are to provide goods and services for the purposes of the health service. ” .

Change of requirement relating to directors of the trust

5. For article 4 of the Establishment Order (directors of the trust) substitute—

“ 4. —(1) The trust must have, in addition to the chairman, 5 executive directors and 7 non-executive directors.

(2) Since the trust is to be regarded as having a significant teaching commitment within the meaning of paragraph 5(1)(d) of Schedule 4 to the National Health Service Act 2006, one of the non-executive directors must be appointed from the University of Lincoln. ” .

Removal of specification of operational date

6. For article 5 of the Establishment Order (operational date and accounting date of the trust) and the heading to that article, substitute—

“ Accounting date of the trust

5. The accounting date of the trust is the 31 March. ” .

Revocation of expired provisions

7.Article 6 (limited functions before operational date) and article 7 (assistance by Health Authorities before operational date) of the Establishment Order are revoked.