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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2001 No. 1887
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND
The Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2001
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Made |
24th March 2001 | |
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Coming into force |
1st April 2001 | |
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 5(1) of, and paragraphs 1, 3, 4 and 5 of Schedule 2 to, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990[1] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, having completed the consultation prescribed under section 5(2) of that Act[2], hereby makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.
- (1) This Order may be cited as the Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1st April 2001.
(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires -
"the Act" means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;
"establishment date" means 1st April 2001;
"operational date" has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Act;
"the trust" means the Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order.
Establishment and name of trust
2.
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There is hereby established an NHS trust which shall be called the Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals 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, for the purposes of the health service at or from:
(a) Booth Hall Children's Hospital;
(b) Manchester Royal Infirmary;
(c) Manchester Royal Eye Hospital;
(d) Royal Manchester Children's Hospital;
(e) St Mary's Hospital for Women and Children;
(f) University Dental Hospital of Manchester;
and at or from any associated hospitals, establishments or facilities.
(3) The trust is to be regarded as having a significant teaching commitment within the meaning of paragraph 3(1)(d) of Schedule 2 to the Act.
Directors of trust
4.
- (1) The trust shall have in addition to the chairman 5 executive directors and 6 non-executive directors.
(2) One of the non-executive directors of the trust shall be appointed from the University of Manchester.
Operational date and accounting date of the trust
5.
- (1) The operational date shall be 1st April 2001.
(2) The accounting date of the trust shall be 31st March.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Hunt
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health
24th March 2001
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order establishes the Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals National Health Service Trust as an NHS trust provided for in section 5 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990.
The Order provides for the functions of the trust and provides for recognition of the trust as having a significant teaching commitment (article 3). It specifies the number of executive and non-executive directors, and provides for one of its non-executive directors to be appointed from the University of Manchester (article 4). It also specifies the operational date (the date on which the trust assumes all its functions) and the accounting date (article 5).
This Order is to be read in conjunction with the Central Manchester Healthcare and the Manchester Children's Hospitals National Health Service Trusts (Dissolution) Order 2001[3].
Notes:
[1]
1990 c.19; section 5 was amended by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c.17), Schedule 1, paragraph 69(d) and by the Health Act 1999 (c.8), section 13: paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 is cited for the definition of "an order"; paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the 1990 Act was amended by the Health Act 1999, section 13(7).back
[2]
See S.I. 1996/653.back
[3]
S.I. 2001/1895.back
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0 11 029478 5
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22 May 2001
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