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(1) This Order may be cited as the West Hertfordshire Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 23rd March 2000.
(2) In this Order, “the trust” means the West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
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There is hereby established an NHS trust which shall be called the  West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
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The trust’s functions shall be to provide goods and services, namely hospital accommodation and services and community health services, for the purposes of the health service.
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(1) The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman, 5 executive directors and 6 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 University College London.
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The accounting date of the trust shall be 31st March.
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Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Hunt
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Health
