{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wirral-and-west-cheshire-community-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-1997/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/833",
  "legislation_title": "The Wirral and West Cheshire Community National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wirral-and-west-cheshire-community-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-1997",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Nature and functions of the trust",
  "text": "(1) The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1)(a) and (b) of the Act.\n(2) The trust’s functions shall be—\n(a) to own and manage hospital accommodation and services provided at Victoria Central Hospital, Mill Lane, Wallasey, Wirral, Merseyside L44 4UF and associated premises;\n(b) to manage community health services provided from Victoria Central Hospital, Mill Lane, Wallasey, Wirral, Merseyside L44 4UF and associated hospitals, and to provide the associated premises.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/833/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:20:39.124400+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."
}