The Dartford and Gravesham National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2013

• Citation: S.I. 2013/2375
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Dartford and Gravesham National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2013 and comes into force on 30th September 2013.

(2) In this Order—

“the Establishment Order ” means the Dartford and Gravesham National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 ; and

“the trust” means the National Health Service 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) after the definition of “the Act”, insert—

“community health services” means any services—

whose provision must be arranged by a clinical commissioning group under section 3(1)(d) or (e) of the Act;

which are of a kind mentioned in section 3(1)(d) or (e) of the Act, but—

whose provision must be arranged by the Board under regulations made under section 3B of the Act; or

which may be provided by the Secretary of State or a local authority under section 2B of the Act;

which a local authority must provide under paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act;

which a local authority may provide under paragraph 2 or 7A of Schedule 1 to the Act; or

which the Secretary of State must provide under paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Act;

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

Section 3 Amendment of article 3 of the Establishment Order

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

(3)

(1) The trust is established for the purpose specified in section 25(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 Amendment of article 5 of the Establishment Order

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

Accounting date of trust

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

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

The following articles of the Establishment Order are revoked—

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

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