The Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) (Establishment) Amendment Order 2006

• Citation: S.I. 2006/787
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) (Establishment) Amendment Order 2006 and shall come into force on 1 st April 2006.

(2) In this Order—

(a) “the Establishment Order ” means the Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 ;

(b) “ the trust ” means the National Health Service Trust established by the Establishment Order.

Section 2 Change of name of trust and transitional provision

(1) The trust shall be called the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health Partnership National Health Service Trust instead of the Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare National Health Service Trust, and accordingly in article 1(2) of the Establishment Order in the definition of “the trust”, and in article 2 of the Establishment Order, for “Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare” there shall be substituted “Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health Partnership”.

(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 or 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.

Section 3 Amendment of the Establishment Order

(1) Article 3 of the Establishment Order (nature and functions of the trust) shall be replaced by the following—

(3)

(1) The trust is established for the purpose 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.

(2) Article 8 of the Establishment Order shall be deleted.

(3) The Schedule to the Establishment Order shall be deleted.

Section 4 Amendment of the directors of the trust

In Article 4 of the Establishment Order (directors of the trust)—

(a) “5 non- executive directors” shall be replaced by “6 non-executive directors”; and

(b) “5 executive directors” shall be replaced by “6 executive directors”.