Section 65L: Trusts coming out of administration

National Health Service Act 2006 · 2006 c. 41View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 2: Health service bodies — Chapter 5A: Trust special administrators: NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts

Subsection (2) applies, in relation to an NHS trust, if NHS England and the Secretary of State both decide under section 65K not to dissolve the trust.

NHS England must make an order specifying a date when the following come to an end—

the appointment of the trust special administrator, and
the suspension of the chair and directors of the trust.

Subsection (2B) applies, in relation to an NHS foundation trust, if—

the Secretary of State decides under section 65KD(9) not to dissolve the trust, or
the Secretary of State decides under section 65KB(1) or 65KD(1) that the Secretary of State is satisfied of the matters mentioned there, and the action recommended in the final report is to do something other than dissolve the trust.

NHS England must make an order specifying a date when the following come to an end—

the appointment of the trust special administrator, and
the suspension of the governors, chair and directors of the trust.

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Subsection (7) applies in the case of an NHS foundation trust.

If it appears to NHS England to be necessary in order to comply with Schedule 7, NHS England may by order—

terminate the office of any governor or of any executive or non-executive director of the trust;
appoint a person to be a governor or an executive or non-executive director of the trust.

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