Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Central Manchester National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 26th November 1993.

(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires-

"the 1990 Order" means the Manchester Central Hospitals and Community Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1990 (3);

"the 1993 Order" means the Manchester Central Hospitals and Community Care National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 1993 (4);

"the trust" means the National Health Service Trust established by the 1990 Order.

Change of name of NHS trust

2. The trust shall be called the Central Manchester Healthcare National Health Service Trust instead of the Central Manchester National Health Service Trust(5).

Transitional provisions

3. The change of name effected by 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) in which the trust is referred to as the Central Manchester National Health Service Trust;

and all references in documents and instruments to the trust as the Manchester Central Hospitals and Community Care National Health Service Trust or the Central Manchester National Health Service Trust shall be construed as references to the Central Manchester Healthcare National Health Service Trust.

Amendment of the 1990 Order and the 1993 Order

4.-(1) In-

(a)the definition of "the trust" in article 1(2) of the 1990 Order; and

(b)article 2 of the 1990 Order,

after the words "Central Manchester" there shall be inserted the word "Healthcare".

(2) In article 3 of the 1993 Order the words from "and all documents" to the end of the article shall be omitted.

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 Central Manchester National Health Service Trust (originally known as the Manchester Central Hospitals and Community Care National Health Service Trust) to the Central Manchester Healthcare National Health Service Trust.

This Order makes transitional provisions and also makes consequential amendments in the Order which established the NHS trust and in a subsequent amending Order.