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The Durham County Priority Services National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 1999

S.I. 1999/60 · Made 13 January 1999

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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 13th January 1999

Coming into force 25th January 1999

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him 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 him in that behalf, after completion of the consultation prescribed under section 5(2) of the latter Actf3, hereby makes the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1

1977 c. 49; section 126 was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), section 65(2), and by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17), paragraph 57 of Schedule 1.

f2

1990 c. 19; section 5 was amended by paragraph 69 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17).

f3

See S.I. 1996/653, regulation 2(3).

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 Durham County Priority Services National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 25th January 1999.

(2)

In this Order—

  • “the Order” means the Durham County Priority Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1998f1;

  • “the trust” means the National Health Service trust established by the Order.

2Change of name of NHS trust

The trust shall be called the County Durham and Darlington Priority Services National Health Service Trust instead of the Durham County Priority Services National Health Service Trust, and accordingly in Article 1 of the Order in the definition of “the trust”, and in Article 2 of the Order, for the words “Durham County” there shall be substituted the words “County Durham and Darlington”.

3Transitional provisions

The change of name under this Order shall not—

(a)

affect any right or obligation of any person; or

(b)

be taken 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 instruments and other documents 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.

John Denham

Minister of State,

Department of Health

13th January 1999

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 Durham County Priority Services National Health Service Trust to the County Durham and Darlington Priority Services National Health Service Trust, and makes consequential amendments to that Order and transitional provisions.