# The Stockport National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2000

S.I. 2000/842 · made 20 March 2000

This Order establishes the Stockport National Health Service Trust, an NHS trust provided for in section 5 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990. It also provides for the functions of the trust (article 3) and the number of executive and non-executive directors (article 4). It specifies the operational date (the date on which the trust assumes all its functions) and the accounting date of the trust (article 5).

Made under: National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (Section 5, Schedule 2 paragraph 1, Schedule 2 paragraph 3, Schedule 2 paragraph 4, Schedule 2 paragraph 5)

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## Introductory text

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND
Made 20th March 2000
Coming into force 1st April 2000
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 5(1) of, and paragraphs 1, 3, 4 and 5 of Schedule 2 to, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, having completed the consultation prescribed under section 5(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Order:

## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Stockport National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.
(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—
“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 he has a duty to provide under section 5(1) or (1A) of that Act;
“establishment date” means 1st April 2000;
“operational date” has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Act;
“the trust” means the Stockport National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order.

## 2 Establishment and name of the trust

There is hereby established an NHS trust which shall be called the Stockport National Health Service Trust.

## 3 Nature 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, hospital accommodation and services for the purposes of the health service at or from Stepping Hill Hospital, Poplar Grove, Stockport, Cheshire SK2 7JE, and at or from any associated hospitals, establishments and facilities.

## 4 Directors of the trust

The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman, 5 executive directors and 5 non-executive directors.

## 5 Operational date and accounting date of the trust

(1) The operational date of the trust shall be 1st April 2000.
(2) The accounting date of the trust shall be 31st March.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Hunt
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Health
20th March 2000

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order establishes the Stockport National Health Service Trust, an NHS trust provided for in section 5 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990. It also provides for the functions of the trust (article 3) and the number of executive and non-executive directors (article 4). It specifies 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 Stockport Acute Services and the Stockport Healthcare NHS Trusts (Dissolution) Order 2000.

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