{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cornwall-community-healthcare-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-1990/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cornwall-community-healthcare-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-1990/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/2409",
  "legislation_title": "The Cornwall Community Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cornwall-community-healthcare-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-1990",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Nature and functions of the trust",
  "text": "(1) The trust is established for the purpose specified in section 5(1)(a) of the Act.\n(2) The trust’s functions (which include functions which the Secretary of State considers appropriate in relation to the provision of services by the trust for one or more health authorities) shall be–\n(a) to own and manage hospital accommodation and services at Penrice Hospital, Porthpean Road, St. Austell, Cornwall PL26 6AA and associated hospitals;\n(b) to manage community health services provided from Penrice Hospital, Porthpean Road, St. Austell, Cornwall PL26 6AA and to own the premises there from which those services are to be provided and any associated premises;\n(c) to manage ambulance and patients' transport services from the Ambulance Headquarters, Gloweth, Truro, Cornwall TR1 3LW and to own those and any associated premises.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2409/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:56:18.876544+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}