Statutory Instruments
2002 No. 1437
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND
The Leicestershire and Rutland Healthcare National Health Service Trust Change of Name and (Establishment) Amendment Order 2002
Made
26th March 2002
Coming into force
1st April 2002
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 Leicestershire and Rutland Healthcare National Health Service Trust Change of Name and (Establishment) Amendment Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.
(2) In this Order—
“the Order” means the Leicestershire and Rutland Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1998( 4 );
“the trust” means the National Health Servicetrust established by the Order.
Change of name of NHS trust and transitional provisions
2. —(1) The trust shall be called the Leicestershire Partnership National Health ServiceTrust instead of the Leicestershire and Rutland Healthcare National Health ServiceTrust, and accordingly in article 1 of the Order in the definition of “the trust”, and in article 2 of the Order, for the words “and Rutland Healthcare” there are substituted the words “Partnership”.
(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.
Further amendments of NHS trust establishment order
3. —(1) 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 the trust’s headquarters at George Hine House, Gipsy Lane, Leicester and at or from Glenfield Hospital and Leicester General Hospital,
and at or from any associated hospitals, establishments and facilities. ”
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
Yvette Cooper
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
26th March 2002
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. 1998/3069 , as amended by S.I. 1999/1825 .