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2002 No. 1122
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND
The Northumberland Care Trust (Establishment) Order 2002
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Made |
22nd March 2002 | |
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Coming into force |
1st April 2002 | |
The Secretary of State for Health, in the exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 16A(1), (2) and (3) and 126(4) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 5A to, the National Health Service Act 1977[1] and section 45(5) of the Health and Social Care Act 2001[2] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, following compliance with the consultation requirements contained in regulations made under section 16A(5) of the Act[3] hereby makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.
- (1) This Order may be cited as the Northumberland Care Trust (Establishment) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.
(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires -
"operational date" is to be construed in accordance with paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 5A to the National Health Service Act 1977;
"the trust" means the Northumberland Care Trust established by article 2 of this Order.
Establishment, operational date and name of the Primary Care Trust
2.
- (1) There is hereby established a Primary Care Trust to be called the Northumberland Care Trust.
(2) The trust is designated as a Care Trust[4].
(3) The operational date of the trust shall be 1st April 2002.
Area of the trust
3.
The trust shall be established for the county of Northumberland.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Jacqui Smith
Minister of State, Department of Health
22nd March 2002
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order establishes the Northumberland Care Trust ("the trust"), a Primary Care Trust designated as a Care Trust as provided for under section 16A of the National Health Service Act 1977 and section 45 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001. It specifies the trust's operational date as the day on which it is established (article 2) and specifies the area for which it is established (article 3).
Notes:
[1]
1977 c.49; section 16A was inserted by the Health Act 1999 (c.8) ("the 1999 Act"), section 2(1); section 126(4) was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c.19) ("the 1990 Act"), section 65(2) and by the 1999 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 37(6); Schedule 5A was inserted by the 1999 Act, Schedule 1. The functions of the Secretary of State under these provisions are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2(a) of, and the entry for the National Health Service Act 1977 in Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672, as amended by section 66(5) of the 1999 Act.back
[2]
2001 c.15;back
[3]
See S.I. 1999/2337.back
[4]
See section 45 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001.back
ISBN
0 11 039791 6
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Prepared
19 April 2002
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