The Avalon, Somerset, National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/3050
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Avalon, Somerset, National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 22nd November 1999.

(2) In this Order—

“ the Order ” means the Avalon, Somerset, National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992 ;

“ the trust ” means the National Health Service trust established by the Order.

Section 2 Change of name of NHS trust

The trust shall be called the Somerset Partnership National Health Service and Social Care Trust instead of the Avalon, Somerset, National Health Service Trust, and accordingly in article 1 of the Order in the definition of “the trust”, and in article 2 of the Order, for the words “Avalon, Somerset, National Health Service Trust” there shall be substituted the words “Somerset Partnership National Health Service and Social Care Trust”.

Section 3 Transitional provisions

The change of name under this Order shall not—

(a) affect any right or obligation of any person; or

(b) be taken as invalidating any instrument (whether made before, on or after the day on which this Order comes into force) which refers to the trust by its previous name, and all instruments and other documents which refer to the trust under its previous name shall be construed as referring to it under its new name.