Explanatory note

This Order establishes the Morecambe Bay Hospitals National Health Service Trust, an NHS trust provided for in section 5 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990. It also 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 and the accounting date of the trust (article 5) and it specifies the value above which assets cannot be disposed of without the Secretary of State’s consent (article 6).

This Order should be read in conjunction with the Furness Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 1998^f1, the Westmorland Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 1998^f2 and the Lancaster Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 1998^f3.