Explanatory note

This Order varies the Red Bank Instrument of Management Order 1973 and makes St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council the responsible local authority for the Red Bank controlled community home in place of Lancashire County Council (Article 2).

The Order amends the nature of the facilities to be provided by the home (Article 3). It makes amendments consequential on the references and terminology used in the Children Act 1989 (Articles 2, 4 and 8). It also amends the provisions relating to the appointment of managers (Article 5), the secretary (Article 6) and finance (Article 7), in consequence of the change of the responsible local authority.

Copies of the Red Bank Instrument of Management Order 1973 and the two previous orders which amend that Order may be obtained free of charge from Branch CS2C, Department of Health, Wellington House, 133-155 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8UG.