The Southern Derbyshire Mental Health National Health Service Trust Change of Name and (Establishment) Amendment Order and the Community Health Care Service (North Derbyshire) National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2002

• Citation: S.I. 2002/1296
• 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 and the Community Health Care Service (North Derbyshire) National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.

(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

“ the Act ” means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;

“operational date” has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Act;

“ 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, consequential amendments and transitional provisions

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

(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 referring to it under its new name.

(3) In article 3(2) of the Order the words “the Community and Mental Health Services,” shall be omitted.

Section 4 Dissolution of NHS Trust

The Community Health Care Service (North Derbyshire) National Health Service Trust established by the Community Health Care Service (North Derbyshire) National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 is hereby dissolved, and accordingly that Order is revoked.