The Northampton General Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2011

• Citation: S.I. 2011/1183
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Northampton General Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2011 and shall come into force on 13th May 2011.

(2) In this Order—

“the Establishment Order ” means the Northampton General Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 ;

“the trust” means the NHS trust established by the Establishment Order.

Section 2 Amendment of article 1 of the Establishment Order

In article 1 of the Establishment Order (citation, commencement and interpretation), in paragraph (2)—

(a) for the definition of “ the Act ”, substitute—

“the Act” means the National Health Service Act 2006;

(b) for the definition of “community health services”, substitute—

“community health services” means any services which the Secretary of State has a duty to provide under section 3(1)(d) or (e) of, or paragraph 1 or 8 of Schedule 1 to, the Act and any service which the Secretary of State may provide under paragraph 2 or 7A of that Schedule;

(c) omit the definition of “operational date”.

Section 3 Substitution of article 3 of the Establishment Order

For article 3 of the Establishment Order (nature and functions of the trust) substitute—

Nature and functions of the trust

(3) 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 Substitution of article 5 of the Establishment Order

For article 5 of the Establishment Order (operational date and accounting date of the trust) substitute—

Accounting date of the trust

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

Section 5 Revocation of articles 6, 7 and 8 of the Establishment Order

The following articles of the Establishment Order are revoked insofar as they are still in force—

(a) article 6 (limited functions before operational date);

(b) article 7 (assistance by health authorities before operational date); and

(c) article 8 (restriction on disposal of assets ) .