Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Bedfordshire and Luton Community National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.

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

"the Act" means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;

"community health services" means any services which the Secretary of State may provide under section 3(1)(d) or (e) of or Schedule 1 to the National Health Service Act 1977 and any service which he has a duty to provide under section 5(1) or (1A) of that Act(4);

"operational date" has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Act;

"the Schedule" means the Schedule to this Order;

"the trust" means the Bedfordshire and Luton Community National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order.

Establishment of the trust

2. There is hereby established an NHS trust which shall be called the Bedfordshire and Luton Community National Health Service Trust.

Nature and functions of the trust

3.-(1) The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1) of the Act.

(2) The trust's functions shall be:-�

(a)to own and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(a) of the Act 1 Union Street, Luton, Beds. LU1 3AN, 40 Kimbolton Road, Bedford MK40 2NR, and associated establishments and facilities, and there to provide and manage hospital accommodation and services, and there and from there to provide and manage community health services;

(b)to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act the properties listed in Part I of the Schedule, and there to provide and manage hospital accommodation and services; and

(c)to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act the properties listed in Part II of the Schedule, and there and from there to provide and manage community health services.

Directors of the trust

4. The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman, 5 non-executive directors and 5 executive directors.

Operational date and accounting date of the trust

5.-(1) The operational date of the trust shall be 1st April 1999.

(2) The accounting date of the trust shall be 31st March.

Restriction on disposal of assets

6. The sum specified for the purposes of paragraph 6(2)(d) of Schedule 2 to the Act (maximum value of freely disposable assets) in relation to the trust shall be £1,000,000.

Article 3(2)

SCHEDULE

PART I(Properties provided and managed pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act for the provision of hospital accommodation and services)

105 London Road, Luton, Beds LU1 8RG

Hampden House, Bedford Road, Hitchin, Herts SG5 1NF

Plot 5 (Blue Circle Site), Mayer Way, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5BF

Oakley Court, Angel Close, Oakley Road, Leagrave, Luton LU4 9WT

Foxholes, Pirton Road, Hitchin, Herts SG5 2EN

Whichello's Wharf, The Elms, Linslade, Beds LU7 7TD

PART II(Properties provided and managed pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act for the provision of community health services)

1 Union Street, Luton LU1 3AN

Orchard Cottage, Church Road, Lower Sundon, Beds LU3 3PB

Askern House, Manor Road, Kempston Hardwick, Beds MK43 9NP

16 Wingfield Road, Bromham, Bedford MK43 8JZ

95 Elstow Road, Bedford MK42 9NS

Southways Elderly Persons' Home, 290 London Road, Bedford MK42 0PX

5-�7 Rush Court, Bedford MK40 8JT

Healthlink, 26-�28 Bromham Road, Bedford MK40 2QD

Overstones, Bowling Green Lane, Luton LU2 2HR

Cedar Lodge, 9 Sundon Road, Streatley, Luton LU3 3PL

Red House Farm, Cotton End Road, Wilstead, Beds MK45 3DP

Asplands Medical Centre, Wood Street, Woburn Sands, Beds MK17 8QP

Cranfield Surgery, 137 High Street, Cranfield, Beds MK43 0HZ

Woburn Surgery, Eleanor Close, Woburn, Beds MK17 9QU

Child Development Centre, Hill Rise, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7EB

Arlesey Health Centre, High Street, Arlesey, Beds SG15 6SN

Sisters House, 24 St. Peters Street, Bedford MK40 2NN

Elizabeth Court, Gravely Road, Stevenage SG1 4YS

Victoria Court, Gravely Road, Stevenage SG1 4YS

110 Rossfold Road, Luton LU3 3IJ

Bury Park House, 64 Westbourne Road, Luton, Beds LU4 8JD

Collingdon Centre, 33-�37 Collingdon Street, Luton LU1 1RT

Conifers, 10 Newbury Lane, Silsoe, Beds MK45 4ET

Poynters House, Poynters Road, Dunstable LU5 4TP

The Lodge, 4 George Street, Luton LU1 2BJ

Titan Court, Unit 16, Laport Way, Kingsway, Luton LU4 5EF

Washbrook House, 50 Washbrook Close, Barton-le-Clay, Beds MK45 4LF

Woodlands, Leamington Road, Barton Hills, Luton LU3 3XF

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order establishes on 1st April 1999 the Bedfordshire and Luton Community National Health Service Trust ("the new trust"), an NHS trust provided for in section 5 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990. It also provides for the functions of the new trust (article 3). It specifies the number of executive and non-executive directors of the new trust (article 4), its operational date (the date on which the new trust assumes all its functions) and its accounting date (article 5), and the value above which assets cannot be disposed of without the Secretary of State's consent (article 6).

The new trust replaces the Bedford and Shires Health and Care and the South Bedfordshire Community Health Care National Health Service Trusts, and this Order should be read in conjunction with the Bedford and Shires Health and Care and the South Bedfordshire Community Health Care National Health Service Trusts (Dissolution) Order 1999(5).