The Croydon Community National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/3164
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Croydon Community National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st February 2000.

(2) In this Order—

“ the Order ” means the Croydon Community National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1990 ;

“ 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 Croydon and Surrey Downs Community National Health Service Trust instead of the Croydon Community 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, after the word “Croydon” there shall be inserted the words “and Surrey Downs”.

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.