# The South Tees Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1998, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Order (“the Establishment Order”) which established the South Tees Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust.
The Establishment Order is amended to insert the definition of “community health services” and to confer on the trust the purpose specified in section 5(1)(b) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 and, in pursuance of that purpose, extends the functions of the trust to include the function of providing and managing specified premises.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2950/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/south-tees-acute-hospitals-national-health-service-trust-establishment-amendment-order-1998/note
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