Cheshire and Wirral Partnership National Health Service Trust (Establishment) and the Wirral and West Cheshire Community National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2002
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2002/1244 |
| Year | 2002 |
2002 No. 1244
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND
The Cheshire and Wirral Partnership National Health Service Trust (Establishment) and the Wirral and West Cheshire Community National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2002
Made 13th March 2002
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 19771and by section 5(1) of, and paragraphs 1, 3, 4, 5 and 29(1) of Schedule 2 to, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 19902and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, considering it appropriate in the interests of the health service to dissolve the Wirral and West Cheshire Community National Health Service Trust3, and having completed the consultation prescribed under section 5(2) of and paragraph 29(3) of Schedule 2 to that Act4, makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Cheshire and Wirral Partnership National Health Service Trust (Establishment) and the Wirral and West Cheshire Community National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2002 and subject to paragraph (2), shall come into force on 22nd March 2002.
(2) Article 8 shall come into force on 1st April 2002.
(3) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—
“the Act” means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;
“community health services” means any services which the Secretary of State may provide under section 3(1)(d) or (e) of, or Schedule 1 to, the National Health Service Act 1977 and any service which he has a duty to provide under section 5(1) or (1A) of that Act5;
“establishment date” means the date this order comes into force;
“operational date” has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Act;
“the trust” means the Cheshire and Wirral Partnership National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order.
Establishment and name of trust
2. There is established an NHS trust which shall be called the Cheshire and Wirral Partnership National Health Service Trust.
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, community health services, and certain community health services previously provided by the Wirral and West Cheshire Community National Health Service Trust, the Cheshire Community Healthcare National Health Service Trust, the Mid Cheshire Hospitals National Health Service Trust, the East Cheshire National Health Service Trust and the Countess of Chester Hospital National Health Service Trust, for the purposes of the health service at or from the trust’s Headquarters, at West Cheshire Hospital, Countess of Chester Health Park, Liverpool Road, Chester, Cheshire CH2 1YZ,
and at or from any associated hospitals, establishments and facilities.
Directors of the trust
4. The trust shall have in addition to the chairman 5 non-executive directors and 5 executive directors.
Operational date and accounting date of the trust
5.—(1) The operational date shall be 1st April 2002.
(2) The accounting date of the trust shall be 31st March.
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