{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northampton-general-hospital-nhs-trust-establishment-amendment-order-2026/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northampton-general-hospital-nhs-trust-establishment-amendment-order-2026/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/1003",
  "legislation_title": "The Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust (Establishment) (Amendment) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northampton-general-hospital-nhs-trust-establishment-amendment-order-2026",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND\nMade 7th September 2026\nComing into force 1st October 2026\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 25(1), 272(7) and (8) of the National Health Service Act 2006.\nIn accordance with section 25(3) of that Act, the Secretary of State has completed the consultation prescribed by regulations made under that section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 c. 41. Section 25 of the National Health Service Act 2006 was repealed by section 179(2) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7) but that repeal was not brought into force and has subsequently been repealed by section 48 of the Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2010/743, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order. The prescribed consultation under regulation 2(2) of S.I. 2010/743 is that, before making an order under section 25(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006 in relation to an NHS trust, the Secretary of State must consult that NHS trust."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/1003/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:55:24.245429+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}