{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hartlepool-community-care-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-1993/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hartlepool-community-care-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-1993/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/2591",
  "legislation_title": "The Hartlepool Community Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hartlepool-community-care-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-1993",
  "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 the Psychiatric Unit, Hartlepool General Hospital, Holdforth Road, Hartlepool, Cleveland TS24 9AH and associated hospitals;\n(b) to manage community health services provided from The Health Centre, Caroline Street, Hartlepool, Cleveland TS26 9LE and to own the associated premises.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2591/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:48:56.752328+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."
}