The Kent and Medway National Health Service and Social Care Partnership Trust (Establishment) and the West Kent National Health Service and Social Care Trust and the East Kent National Health Service and Social Care Partnership Trust (Dissolution) Order 2006

• Citation: S.I. 2006/825
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Kent and Medway National Health Service and Social Care Partnership Trust (Establishment) and the West Kent National Health Service and Social Care Trust and the East Kent National Health Service and Social Care Partnership 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 Kent and Medway National Health Service and Social Care Partnership 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 Kent and Medway National Health Service and Social Care Partnership 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 7 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 West Kent National Health Service and Social Care Trust, which was established by the West Kent National Health Service and Social Care Trust (Establishment) and the Thames Gateway National Health Service Trust and Invicta Community Care National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2002 ; and

(b) the East Kent National Health Service and Social Care Partnership Trust, which was established by the Canterbury and Thanet Community Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992 ,

are dissolved, and accordingly their Establishment Orders, the Canterbury and Thanet Community Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1998 and the Canterbury and Thanet Community Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Amendment Order 2003 are revoked.