Statutory Instruments
2001 No. 3621
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND
The Homerton Hospital National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 2001
Made
19th October 2001
Coming into force
29th October 2001
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 126(3) and (4) 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 Homerton Hospital National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 29th October 2001.
(2) In this Order—
“the Order” means the Homerton Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1994 ( 4 ):
“the trust” means the National Health Service trust established by the Order.
Change of name of NHS trust and transitional provisions
2. —(1) The trust shall be called the Homerton University Hospital National Health Service Trust instead of the Homerton Hospital National Health Service Trust, and accordingly in article 1 of the Order in the definition of “the trust”, and in article 2 of the Order, before the word “Hospital” there shall be inserted the word “University”.
(2) The change of name effected by paragraph (1) shall not—
(a) affect any right or obligation of any person; or
(b) be taken as invalidating any instrument (whether made before, on or after the day on which this Order comes into force) which refers to the trust by its previous name;
and all instruments and other documents which refer to the trust under its previous name shall be construed as if referring to it under its new name.
Consequential provision
3. In article 3 of the Order, in paragraph (2), before the word “Hospital”, there shall be inserted the word “University”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
John Hutton
Minister of State,
Department of Health
19th October 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) and by paragraph 57 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”) and by section 41(10) and 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 .
S.I. 1994/3181 , amended by S.I. 1998/3192 .