Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 792
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND
The North Staffordshire Hospital National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 2003
Made
14th March 2003
Coming into force
1st April 2003
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977( 1 ), and by section 5(1) of, and paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 2 to, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990( 2 ), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following order:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. —(1) This order may be cited as the North Staffordshire Hospital National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003.
(2) In this Order—
“the Establishment Order” means the North Staffordshire Hospital Centre National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992 ( 3 ); and
“the trust” means the National Health Service Trust established by the Establishment Order.
Change of name of the Trust
2. The trust shall be called the University Hospital of North Staffordshire National Health Service Trust instead of the North Staffordshire Hospital National Health Service Trust, and accordingly—
(a) in article 1(2) of the Establishment Order, in the definition of “the trust”; and
(b) in article 2 of the Establishment Order,
the words “North Staffordshire Hospital” shall be replaced by “University Hospital of North Staffordshire”.
3. The change of name effected by article 2 of this Order 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 referring to it under its new name.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
David Lammy
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
14th March 2003
1977 c. 49 (“the 1977 Act”). Section 126(3) was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), s. 65(2), by paragraph 57 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”) and by the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46) , Schedule 2, paragraph 27.
1990 c. 19 . Section 5(1) was amended by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”), section 13(1)(a), (10), and by section 65(2), Schedule 5. Paragraph 3 to Schedule 2 was amended by the 1995 Act, Schedule 2, paragraph 85(a); by the 1999 Act, section 13(7), (10), and by Schedule 4, paragraphs 74, 83(1), (2).
S.I. 1992/2559 , as amended by 1993/713 which removed the word “Centre” from the original name of the Trust.