Statutory Instruments
2010 No. 2466
National Health Service, England
The Norfolk Community Health and Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2010
Made
7th October 2010
Coming into force
1st November 2010
The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 25(1) and 272(7) and (8) of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to, the National Health Service Act 2006(1).
The Secretary of State for Health makes this Order following the completion of the consultation prescribed under section 25(3) of the National Health Service Act 2006(2).
Citation, commencement and interpretationI1
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Norfolk Community Health and Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2010 and shall come into force on 1st November 2010.
(2) In this Order—
“the Act” means the National Health Service Act 2006 ;
[F1 “community health services” means any services—
whose provision must be arranged by [F2 an integrated care boardF2] under [F3 section 3(1)(g) or (i)F3] of the Act;
which are of a kind mentioned in [F4 section 3(1)(g) or (i)F4] of the Act, but—
whose provision must be arranged by [F5 NHS EnglandF5] under regulations made under section 3B of the Act(3); or
which may be provided by the Secretary of State or a local authority under section 2B of the Act;
which a local authority must provide under paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act;
which a local authority may provide under paragraph 2 or 7A of Schedule 1 to the Act; or
which the Secretary of State must provide under paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Act;F1]
“the trust” means the National Health Service trust established by article 2.
Establishment and name of trustI2
2. There is established a National Health Service trust which shall be called the [F6East of EnglandF6] Community Health and Care National Health Service Trust.
[F7Functions of the trust I3
3. The trust’s functions are to provide goods and services for the purposes of the health service.F7]
Directors of the trustI4
4.[F8—(1) The trust must have, in addition to the chairman, 5 executives and 6 non-executive directors.F8]
(2) If the Secretary of State suspends the chairman, or a non-executive director of the trust, the number of non-executive directors of the trust shall increase during the period of suspension by the number of persons so suspended.
[F9Accounting date I5
5. The accounting date of the trust is 31st March.F9]
Transfer of staff to the trustI6
6. The Norfolk Primary Care Trust(4) has made a scheme for the purposes of paragraph 8(1)(b) of Schedule 4 to the Act for the transfer of staff to the trust.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
Simon Burns
Minister of State,
Department of Health
7th October 2010
See S.I. 2010/743.
Paragraph 7A was inserted by section 143 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c.14).
Established by the Primary Care Trusts (Establishment and Dissolution) (England) Order 2006 S.I.2006/2072, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.