{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/north-mersey-community-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-1991/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/north-mersey-community-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-1991/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2376",
  "legislation_title": "The North Mersey Community National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/north-mersey-community-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-1991",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Nature and functions of the trust",
  "text": "(1) The trust is established for the purpose specified in section 5(1)(a) of the Act.\n(2) The trust’s functions (which include functions which the Secretary of State considers appropriate in relation to the provision of services by the trust for one or more health authorities) shall be—\nto manage community health services provided from Sefton General Hospital, Smithdown Road, Liverpool, L15 2HE and to own the associated premises.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "subst",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/1625",
      "affecting_title": "The North Mersey Community National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1993/155",
      "affecting_title": "The North Mersey Community National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1993"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2376/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."
}