The Bath Mental Health Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/891
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Bath Mental Health Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.

(2) In this Order–

“ the Order ” means the Bath Mental Health Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1991 ;

“ 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 Avon and Western Wiltshire Mental Health Care National Health Service Trust instead of the Bath Mental Health Care 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 word “Bath” there shall be substituted the words “Avon and Western Wiltshire”.

Section 3 Additional non-executive director

In article 4 of the Order (directors of the trust), for “5 non-executive” there shall be substituted “6 non-executive”.

Section 4 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.