Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Invicta Community Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997.

In this Order unless the context otherwise requires—

• “the Act” means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;

• “community health services” means any service which the Secretary of State may provide under section 3(1)(d) or (e) of, or Schedule 1 to, the National Health Service Act 1977 and any service which he has a duty to provide under section 5(1) or (1A) of that Act^f1;

• “operational date” has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Act;

• “the trust” means the Invicta Community Care National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order.