Explanatory note

This Order establishes the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh National Health Service Trust, an NHS trust provided for in section 5 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990.

It 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), and the accounting date of the trust (article 5).

This Order should be read in conjunction with the Wigan and Leigh Health Services and the Wrightington Hospital National Halth Service Trusts (Dissolution) Order 2001^f1.