# The West London Mental Health National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2000, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order establishes the West London Mental Health National Health Service Trust as an NHS trust, provided for in section 5 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990.
The order 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), the accounting date of the trust (article 5) and the trust’s limited functions before the operational date (article 6). It also specifies the trust’s liabilities which will be discharged by the Broadmoor Hospital Authority if incurred between the establishment date and the operational date (article 7).
Subject to approval under paragraphs 10(2) and (3) of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, the new trust will have the function of providing services at Broadmoor Hospital as well as providing services currently provided by the Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham Mental Health National Health Service Trust.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2562/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/west-london-mental-health-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-2000/note
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