Explanatory note

This Order establishes the North and East Devon Partnership National Health Service Trust, an NHS trust provided for in section 5 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990.

It 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 (the date on which the trust assumes all its functions), the accounting date of the trust (article 5) and the trust’s limited functions before the operational date (article 6). It also specifies the trust’s liabilities which will be discharged by the North and East Devon Health Authority if incurred between the establishment date and the operational date (article 7).

This Order should be read in conjunction with the Exeter and District Community Health Service National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2001^f1.