The Sussex Partnership National Health Service Trust (Establishment) and the East Sussex County Healthcare National Health Service Trust and the West Sussex Health and Social Care National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2006

• Citation: S.I. 2006/786
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Sussex Partnership National Health Service Trust (Establishment) and the East Sussex County Healthcare National Health Service Trust and the West Sussex Health and Social Care National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 1 st April 2006.

(2) In this Order—

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

“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 she has a duty to provide under section 5(1) of that Act ;

“dissolution date” means the date this Order comes into force;

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

“the trust” means the Sussex Partnership National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order.

Section 2 Establishment and name of the trust

There is established a National Health Service trust which shall be called the Sussex Partnership National Health Service Trust.

Section 3 Nature and functions of the trust

(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.

Section 4 Directors of the trust

The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman, 5 executive directors and 5 non-executive directors.

Section 5 Operational date and accounting date of the trust

(1) The operational date of the trust shall be 1 st April 2006.

(2) The accounting date of the trust shall be 31 st March.

Section 6 Dissolution of NHS trusts and revocation of orders

On the dissolution date—

(a) the East Sussex County Healthcare National Health Service Trust, which was established by the Eastbourne and County Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992 ; and

(b) the West Sussex Health and Social Care National Health Service Trust, which was established by the West Sussex Health and Social Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment) and the Worthing Priority National Health Service Trust and Sussex Weald and Downs National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2002 ,

are dissolved, and accordingly their Establishment Orders and the Eastbourne and County National Health Service Trust Change of Name and (Establishment) Amendment Order (No.2) 2002 are revoked.