Explanatory note

This Order establishes the Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust as an NHS trust designated as a Care Trust, as provided for in section 5 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 and section 45 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (article 2). The Order provides for the functions of the trust (article 3) and the number of executive and non-executive directors (article 4). It specifies the operational date (the date on which the trust assumes all its functions) as the day on which the trust is established, and the accounting date of the trust (article 5). This Order does not impose a charge on businesses.