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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe the consultation which must be completed before the Secretary of State may make or amend an order under section 5(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 establishing an NHS trust (regulation 2(1)-(3)). They also prescribe the consultation required before the Secretary of State may make an order dissolving an NHS trust or an order transferring to another person or body the property, rights, liabilities and staff of a dissolved trust (regulation 2(4)-(7)).

Where the dissolution of one trust is to be associated with the establishment of a new trust, the consultation prescribed in connection with the dissolution may be combined with that required in relation to the establishment of the new trust (regulation 2(8)).

These Regulations also revoke the National Health Service Trusts (Consultation on Dissolution) Regulations 1991 and the National Health Service Trusts (Consultation on Dissolution) Amendment Regulations 1992.