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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order establishes NHS Direct National Health Service Trust as a National Health Service trust under the terms set out in section 25 of the National Health Service Act 2006.

The Order sets out the functions of the trust (article 3), the number of non-executive and executive directors of the trust (article 4) the operational date (the date on which the trust assumes all its functions) and the accounting date of the trust (article 5).

This Order should be read in conjunction with the NHS Direct Special Health Authority Abolition Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/504).

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this Order as it has no impact on the costs of business, charities or voluntary bodies.