Statutory Instruments

1997 No. 1618

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Avon Health Authority (Transfers of Trust Property) Order 1997

Made

1st July 1997

Laid before Parliament

8th July 1997

Coming into force

30th July 1997

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 92(1) of the National Health Service Act 1977(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, having regard to the change in the administration of facilities previously managed by the former South and West Regional Health Authority, having consulted Avon Health Authority and the National Health Service trusts specified in the Schedule to this Order in accordance with section 92(3) of that Act, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Avon Health Authority (Transfers of Trust Property) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 30th July 1997.

(2) In this Order:-

"the Authority" means the Avon Health Authority;

"the Schedule" means the Schedule to this Order;

"the trust property" means, in the case of each NHS trust specified in column (1) of the Schedule, the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared, agreed upon and signed on behalf of the Authority and that NHS trust on the date specified in column (2) of the Schedule in relation to that NHS trust.

Transfer of trust property

2. On 30th July 1997 the trust property which is trust property in relation to an NHS trust specified in the Schedule shall be transferred from the Authority to that NHS trust.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Alan Milburn

Minister of State

Department of Health

1st July 1997

Articles 1(2) and 2

SCHEDULE

Bodies to receive trust property	Date of schedule of trust property
Avon Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust	10th February 1997
Bath and West Community National Health Service Trust	29th January 1997
Bath Mental Healthcare National Health Service Trust	31st January 1997
Frenchay Healthcare National Health Service Trust	3rd March 1997
Phoenix National Health Service Trust	17th February 1997
Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases National Health Service Trust	3rd February 1997
Royal United Hospitals National Health Service Trust	7th February 1997
Southmead Health Services National Health Service Trust	28th February 1997
United Bristol Healthcare National Health Service Trust	5th March 1997
Weston Area Health National Health Service Trust	3rd March 1997
Wiltshire Healthcare National Health Service Trust	3rd March 1997

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order transfers on 30th July 1997 to the National Health Service trusts specified in the Schedule to the Order trust property held by the Avon Health Authority (article 2).

(1)

1977 c. 49; section 92 has been amended by section 11(5) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) and by paragraph 44 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17).