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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/north-cumbria-acute-hospitals-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-2001/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/656",
  "legislation_title": "The North Cumbria Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/north-cumbria-acute-hospitals-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-2001",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Nature and functions of the trust",
  "text": "(1) The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1) of the Act.\n(2) The trust’s functions shall be to provide goods and services, namely hospital accommodation and services, for the purposes of the health service at or from:\n(i) New Cumberland Infirmary, Newtown Road, Carlisle CA2 7HY;\n(ii) West Cumberland Hospital, Hensingham, Whitehaven CA28 8JG,\nand at or from associated hospitals, establishments or facilities.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    {
      "type": "rev in pt",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/1775",
      "affecting_title": "The North Cumbria Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) (Establishment) Amendment Order 2008"
    },
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      "affecting": "uksi/2008/1775",
      "affecting_title": "The North Cumbria Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) (Establishment) Amendment Order 2008"
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/656/article/3",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}