# The Medway National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999

S.I. 1999/11 · made 11 January 1999

This Order amends the Order (“the Establishment Order”) which established the Medway National Health Service Trust.

Made under: National Health Service Act 1977 (Section 126); National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (Section 5)

## Introductory text

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 11th January 1999
Coming into force 22nd January 1999
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977 and section 5(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, having completed the consultation prescribed under section 5(2) of that latter Act and considering it appropriate that the functions of the trust should include functions in relation to the provision of services for one or more Health Authorities, hereby makes the following Order:

## 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Medway National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999 and shall come into force on 22nd January 1999.

## 2 Amendment of establishment order

For article 3 of the Medway National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 there shall be substituted the following article:—
“Nature and functions of the trust
3 (1) The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1)(b) of the Act.
(2) The trust’s functions shall be to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act Medway Hospital, Windmill Road, Gillingham, Kent ME7 5NY (including the management of its teaching and research facilities) and its car-park, the Respite Care Unit (Special Needs Services), Preston Skreens, Minster Road, Minster, Sheppey, Kent ME12 3LN, and associated hospitals and premises in the area of Medway Unitary Authority, and there to provide and manage hospital accommodation and services, and there and from there to provide and manage community health services.”.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
John Denham
Minister of State
Department of Health
11th January 1999

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Order (“the Establishment Order”) which established the Medway National Health Service Trust.
The Establishment Order is amended to confer on the trust the purposes specified in section 5(1)(b) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 to provide and manage Medway Hospital, Windmill Road, Gillingham, Kent ME7 5NY (including the management of its teaching and research facilities) and its car-park, the Respite Care Unit (Special Needs Services), Preston Skreens, Minster Road, Minster, Sheppey, Kent ME12 3LN, and associated hospitals and premises in the area of Medway Unitary Authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/medway-national-health-service-trust-establishment-amendment-order-1999
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