Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

art 1 am by London Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) 2006 art 2
art. 1(2) words inserted by National Health Service Trusts (Establishment) 2013 art. 2(2)(a) Sch. 2
art. 1(2) words substituted by National Health Service Trusts (Establishment) 2013 art. 2(2)(b) Sch. 2
art. 1(2) words omitted by London Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) 2014 art. 2
art. 1(2) words substituted by Health and Care Act 2022 (Consequential and Related Amendments and Transitional Provisions) 2022 reg. 159(2)(a)
art. 1(2) words substituted by Health and Care Act 2022 (Consequential and Related Amendments and Transitional Provisions) 2022 reg. 159(2)(b)

(1)

This Order may be cited as the London Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 28th January 1996.

(2)

In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

“the Act” means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;
“establishment date” means 28th January 1996;
“operational date” has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Act;
“the trust” means the London Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order.