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The North West Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2006

S.I. 2006/1622 · Made 15 June 2006

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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

Made 15th June 2006

Coming into force 1st July 2006

The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 5(1) of, and paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 2 to, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990f1.

The Secretary of State for Health has completed the consultation prescribed under section 5(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990f2.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1990 c. 19; section 5(1) was amended by sections 13(1)(a) and (10) and 65(2) of, and Schedule 5 to, the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”); paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 was amended by section 2(1) of, and paragraphs 65 and 85(a) of Schedule 1 to, the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”) and by sections 13(7) and (10) and 65(1) of, and paragraphs 74 and 83(1) and (2) of Schedule 4 to, the 1999 Act.

f2

1990 c. 19; section 5(2) was amended by section 2(1) of, and paragraph 69(b) of Schedule 1 to, the 1995 Act. See S.I. 1996/653 for the prescribed consultation.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Establishment and name of the trust
  3. 3Nature and functions of the trust
  4. 4Directors of the trust
  5. 5Operational date and accounting date of the trust
  6. Signature
  7. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the North West Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 1st July 2006.

(2)

In this Order—

  • “the Act” means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;

  • “community health services” means any services which the Secretary of State may provide under section 3(1)(d) or (e) of, or Schedule 1 to, the National Health Service Act 1977 and any service which she has a duty to provide under section 5(1) of that Actf1;

  • “operational date” has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Act; and

  • “the trust” means the North West Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order.

2Establishment and name of the trust

There is established a National Health Service trust which shall be called the North West Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust.

3Nature and functions of the trust

(1)

The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1) of the Act.

(2)

The trust’s functions shall be to provide goods and services for the purposes of the health service and, in particular, to provide and manage—

(a)

ambulance and associated transport services; and

(b)

such other services, including community health services, as can reasonably be carried out in conjunction with the provision and management of ambulance and associated transport services.

4Directors of the trust

The trust shall have 6 non-executive directors (including the chairman), and 5 executive directors.

5Operational date and accounting date of the trust

(1)

The operational date of the trust shall be 1st July 2006.

(2)

The accounting date of the trust shall be 31st March.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Warner

Minister of State,

Department of Health

15th June 2006

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order establishes the North West Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust as a National Health Service trust under the terms set out in section 5 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990.

The Order sets out the functions of the trust (article 3), the number of non-executive and executive directors of the trust (article 4) and 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 National Health Service Trusts (Dissolution) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1618).

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.