{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dudley-priority-health-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-1994/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dudley-priority-health-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-1994/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/162",
  "legislation_title": "The Dudley Priority Health National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dudley-priority-health-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-1994",
  "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 provided at Department of Psychiatry, Russells Hall Hospital, Busheyfields Road, Russells Hall, Dudley DY1 2LZ and associated hospitals;\n(b) to manage community health services provided from Ridge Hill, Brierley Hill Road, Stourbridge, West Midlands DY8 5ST and to own the associated premises.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/1170",
      "affecting_title": "The Coventry Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1998"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/162/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:42:23.867671+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."
}