Cornwall Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1993/813 |
1993 No. 813
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Cornwall Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993
Made 19th March 1993
Coming into force 1st April 1993
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred on her by section 5(1) of, and paragraphs 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6(2)(d) of Schedule 2 to, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 19901and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, having directed the relevant Regional Health Authority, as defined in section 5(4) of that Act, to consult the persons or bodies referred to in section 5(2) of that Act and having received and considered the results of that consultation, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Cornwall Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 1st April 1993.
(2) 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 she has a duty to provide under section 5(1) or (1A) of that Act2;
“operational date” has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Act;
“the trust” means the Cornwall Healthcare National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order.
Establishment of the trust
2. There is hereby established an NHS trust which shall be called the Cornwall Healthcare National Health Service Trust.
Nature and functions of the trust
3.—(1) The trust is established for the purpose specified in section 5(1)(a) of the Act.
(2) The trust’s functions (which include functions which the Secretary of State considers appropriate in relation to the provision of services by the trust for one or more health authorities) shall be—
(a)
(a) to own and manage hospital accommodation and services provided at Penrice Hospital, Porthpean Road, St. Austell, Cornwall PL26 6AD and associated hospitals;
(b)
(b) to manage community health services provided from Trust Headquarters, Porthpean Road, St. Austell, Cornwall PL26 6AD and to own the associated premises.
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