The Norfolk and Norwich Health Care National Health Service Trust Change of Name and (Establishment) Amendment Order 2001

• Citation: S.I. 2001/16
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Norfolk and Norwich Health Care National Health Service Trust Change of Name and (Establishment) Amendment Order 2001 and shall come into force on 18th January 2001.

(2) In this Order—

“ the Order ” means the Norfolk and Norwich Health Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1994 ;

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

Section 2 Change of name of NHS trust and transitional provisions

(1) The trust shall be called the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital National Health Service Trust instead of the Norfolk and Norwich 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 words “Health Care” there are substituted the words “University Hospital”.

(2) The change of name effected by paragraph (1) 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 if referring to it under its new name.

Section 3 Further amendments of NHS trust Establishment Order

—After article 8 of the Order there shall be added the following article—

Significant teaching commitment

(9)

(1) The trust is to be regarded as having a significant teaching commitment for the purposes of paragraph 3(1)(d) of Schedule 2 to the Act.

(2) One of the non-executive directors of the trust shall be appointed from the University of East Anglia.