Explanatory note

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^f1.