The Southern Derbyshire Mental Health National Health Service Trust Change of Name and (Establishment) Amendment Order 2001

• Citation: S.I. 2001/1606
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Southern Derbyshire Mental Health National Health Service Trust Change of Name and (Establishment) Amendment Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1st April 2001.

(2) In this Order—

“ the Order ” means the Southern Derbyshire Mental Health 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 and transitional provisions

(1) The trust shall be called the Southern Derbyshire Community and Mental Health Services National Health Service Trust instead of the Southern Derbyshire Mental Health 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, between the words “Southern Derbyshire” and “Mental Health” there are inserted the words “Community and”.

(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

(1) In article 1 of the Order, in paragraph (2), after the definition of the Act, there shall be inserted—

“community health services” means any services which the Secretary of State may provide under section 3(1)(d) or (e) of or Schedule 1 to the National Health Service Act 1977 and any service which he has a duty to provide under section 5(1) or (1A) of that Act ;

(2) For article 3 of the Order (nature and functions of the trust) there shall be substituted the following article—

Nature and functions of the trust

(3)

(1) The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1) of the Act.

(2) The trust’s functions shall be to provide goods and services, namely hospital accommodation and services, and community health services, for the purposes of the health service, at or from the Community and Mental Health Services, Kingsway Hospital, Derby DE22 3LZ, and at or from any associated hospitals, establishments and facilities.