Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Dartford and Gravesham National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1996, and shall come into force on 6th April 1996.

Amendment of Establishment Order

2. In Article 3 of the Dartford and Gravesham National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993(3) (functions of the trust)-

(a)in paragraph (1) for "section 5(1)(a)" there shall be substituted "section 5(1)(b)"; and

(b)for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following new paragraph:-

"(2) The trust's functions shall be to provide and manage hospital accommodation and services at either or both of the following premises:-

(a)Joyce Green Hospital, University Way, Dartford DA1 5PL(4);

(b)Darenth Park, Gore Road, Dartford DA2 8LZ;

and at any hospital which is associated with either of those premises."

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Order which established the Dartford and Gravesham National Health Trust, to alter the purpose for which the trust was established, and to amend its functions. (The trust has, in exercise of its existing functions, assumed responsibility for the ownership and management of the Joyce Green Hospital, Dartford and associated hospitals, previously managed by the former Dartford and Gravesham Health Authority.)

This Order confers on the trust the purpose specified in section 5(1)(b) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, to provide and manage hospitals or other establishments or facilities. It also alters the trust's functions so that they are no longer confined to the ownership and management of establishments or facilities previously managed or provided by health authorities, but are now to include the provision and managment of accommodation and services at other premises.