Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the NHS Bodies (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 2012 and comes into force on 16th July 2012.

In this Order—

• “the relevant new Trust” means in relation to any relevant old Trust listed in column 1 of the Schedule (which Schedule has effect), the body which is listed adjacent to it in column 2 of that Schedule;

• “the relevant old Trust” means a body listed in column 1 of the Schedule;

• “the trust property” means the property specified in a schedule of trust property prepared and agreed by the relevant old Trust and the relevant new Trust and signed on behalf of—

  1. (a)

     the relevant old Trust on the date specified in column 3 of the Schedule; and

  2. (b)

     the relevant new Trust on the date specified in column 4 of the Schedule.