The Derbyshire Community Health Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2011
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2011/798 |
| Year | 2011 |
2011 No. 798
National Health Service, England
The Derbyshire Community Health Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2011
Made 14th March 2011
Coming into force 1st April 2011
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 20061.
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 20062.
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Derbyshire Community Health Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2011 and shall come into force on 1st April 2011.
(2) In this Order—
“the Act” means the National Health Service Act 2006;
“community health services” means any service which the Secretary of State has a duty to provide under section 3(1)(d) or (e) of, or paragraph 1 or 8 of Schedule 1 to, the Act and any service which the Secretary of State may provide under paragraph 2 or 7A3of that Schedule;
“the trust” means the National Health Service trust established by article 2.
Establishment and name of the trust
2. There is established a National Health Service trust which shall be called the Derbyshire Community Health Services National Health Service Trust.
Nature and functions of the trust
3. 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.
Directors of the trust
4.—(1) The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman, 5 executive directors and 5 non-executive directors.
(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.
Operational date and accounting date of the trust
5.—(1) The operational date of the trust shall be 1st April 2011.
(2) The accounting date of the trust shall be 31st March.
Simon Burns
Minister of State,
Department of Health
14th March...
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