# The North East Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1999, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order establishes the North East Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust, an NHS trust provided for in section 5 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990. It also 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) and the accounting date of the trust (article 5), and the value above which assets cannot be disposed of without the Secretary of State’s consent (article 6).
This Order should be read in conjunction with the Northumbria Ambulance Service and the Durham County Ambulance Service National Health Service Trusts (Dissolution) Order 1999.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/797/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/north-east-ambulance-service-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-1999/note
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