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The First Community National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 1993

S.I. 1993/1543 · Made 21 June 1993

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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 21st June 1993

Coming into force 28th June 1993

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred on her by section 126(3) and (4) of the National Health Service Act 1977f1 and section 5(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990f2 and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1

1977 c. 49; section 126(3) and (4) was amended by the National Health Service and Comunity Care Act 1990 (c. 19), section 65(2).

f2

1990 c. 19.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Change of name of NHS trust
  3. 3Transitional provisions
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the First Community National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 28th June 1993.

(2)

In this Order unless the context otherwise requires—

  • “the Order” means the First Community National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1990f1;

  • “the trust” means the NHS trust established by the Order.

2Change of name of NHS trust

The trust shall be called the First Community Health National Health Service Trust instead of the First Community National Health Service Trust and accordingly in article 1(2) of the Order in the definition of “the trust” and in article 2 of the Order the word “Health” shall be inserted after the word “Community”.

3Transitional provisions

The change of name under this Order shall not—

(a)

affect any right or obligation of any person;

(b)

be regarded as invalidating any instrument (whether made before, on or after the day on which this Order comes into force) which refers to the trust by its previous name;

and all documents and instruments which refer to the trust under its previous name shall be construed as referring to it under its new name.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Tom Sackville

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Health

21st June 1993

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order changes the name of an NHS trust established by Order under Part I of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 from the First Community National Health Service Trust to the First Community Health National Health Service Trust and makes consequential amendments to that Order and transitional provisions.