Statutory Instruments
2001 No. 1889
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND
The North Sefton & West Lancashire Community National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2001
Made
24th March 2001
Coming into force
1st April 2001
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977( 1 ) and section 5(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990( 2 ) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after completion of the consultation prescribed under section 5(2) of the latter Act( 3 ), hereby makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the North Sefton & West Lancashire Community National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1st April 2001.
(2) In this Order—
“the Order” means the North Sefton & West Lancashire Community National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1999( 4 );
“the trust” means the National Health Servicetrust established by the Order.
Amendment of NHS trust Establishment Order
2. For article 3 of the Order (nature and functions of the trust) there shall be substituted the following article—
“ Nature and functions of the trust
3. —(1) The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1) of the Act.
(2) 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, at or from Ormskirk & District General Hospital, Wigan Road, Ormskirk, Lancashire L39 2JW
and at or from any associated hospitals, establishments and facilities. ”
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
Hunt
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
24th March 2001
1977 c. 49 ; section 126(3) was amended by section 65(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) , by paragraph 57 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”), and by paragraph 27 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46) .
1990 c. 19 ; section 5 was amended by paragraph 69 of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Act and by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) section 13; paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 was amended by the Health Act 1999 section 13(7); paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 was amended by the Health Act 1999 Schedule 4 paragraph 83(4).
See S.I. 1996/653 .