{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-2026/article-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/530",
  "legislation_title": "The Online National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-2026",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Limited functions before operational date",
  "text": "Between the establishment date and the operational date the trust has the functions—\n(a) of entering into NHS contracts;\n(b) of entering into other contracts including contracts of employment;\n(c) of preparing to register with the Care Quality Commission; and\n(d) of doing such things as are reasonably necessary to enable it to begin to operate satisfactorily with effect from the operational date.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/530/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:01:16.212327+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."
}