{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/swindon-and-marlborough-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-1993/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/swindon-and-marlborough-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-1993/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/2637",
  "legislation_title": "The Swindon and Marlborough National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/swindon-and-marlborough-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-1993",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Nature and functions of the trust",
  "text": "(1) The trust is established for the purpose specified in section 5(1)(a) of the Act.\n(2) The trust’s functions (which include functions which the Secretary of State considers appropriate in relation to the provision of services by the trust for one or more health authorities) shall be–\n(a) to own and manage hospital accommodation and services provided at Princess Margaret Hospital, Okus Road, Swindon, Wiltshire SN1 4JU and associated hospitals;\n(b) to manage community health services provided from Princess Margaret Hospital, Okus Road, Swindon, Wiltshire SN1 4JU and to own the associated premises.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/630",
      "affecting_title": "The Swindon and Marlborough National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/987",
      "affecting_title": "The Swindon and Marlborough National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1996"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2637/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:48:22.249573+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."
}