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The South Downs Health National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999

S.I. 1999/1052 · Made 30 March 1999

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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 30th March 1999

Coming into force 12th April 1999

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 126(3) 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 him in that behalf, after completion of the consultation prescribed under section 5(2) of the latter Actf3, considering it appropriate that the functions of the trust should include functions in relation to the provision of services for one or more Health Authoritiesf4, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1977 c. 49; section 126(3) was amended by section 65(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”) and by paragraph 57 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”) and by section 41(10) and paragraph 27 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46).

f2

1990 c. 19; section 5 was amended by paragraph 69 of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Act.

f3

See S.I. 1996/653, regulation 2(2).

f4

See section 5(6) of the 1990 Act.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of NHS trust Establishment Order
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the South Downs Health National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999 and shall come into force on 12th April 1999.

2Amendment of NHS trust Establishment Order

For article 3 (functions of the trust) of the South Downs Health National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1991f1 there shall be substituted the following article–

“Nature and functions of the trust

3
(1)

The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1)(b) of the Act.

(2)

The trust’s functions shall be to provide and manage Brighton General Hospital, Elm Grove, Brighton, East Sussex BN2 3EW and associated hospitals and premises, and there to provide and manage hospital accommodation and services and there and from there to provide and manage community health services.”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

John Denham

Minister of State,

Department of Health

30th March 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Order (“the Establishment Order”) which established the South Downs Health National Health Service Trust.

The Establishment Order is amended to confer on the trust the purposes specified in section 5(1)(b) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 to provide and manage Brighton General Hospital, Elm Grove, Brighton, East Sussex BN2 3EW and associated hospitals and premises.