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Made | 25th March 2002 | ||
Coming into force | 1st April 2002 |
Establishment and name of trust
2.
There is established an NHS trust which shall be called the West Sussex Health and Social Care 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 to provide goods and services, namely hospital accommodation and services, and community health services, for the purposes of the health service at or from Arundel Road, Worthing, West Sussex,
Directors of trust
4.
The trust shall have in addition to the chairman 5 executive directors and 5 non-executive directors.
Operational date and accounting date of the trust
5.
- (1) The operational date shall be 1st April 2002.
(2) The accounting date of the trust shall be 31st March.
Dissolution of NHS trust
6.
- (1) The Worthing Priority National Health Service Trust established by the Worthing Priority National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992[6] is hereby dissolved, and accordingly that Order is revoked.
(2) The Sussex Weald and Downs National Health Service Trust (formerly Chichester Priority Care Services National Health Service Trust) established by the Chichester Priority Care Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993[7] is hereby dissolved, and accordingly that Order is revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Hazel Blears
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health
25th March 2002
The new trust will provide certain services previously provided by the Worthing Priority National Health Service Trust and the Sussex Weald and Downs National Health Service Trust which are dissolved by this Order.
The Order 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 does not impose a charge on businesses.
[2] 1990 c.19; section 5 was amended by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c.17), Schedule 1, paragraph 69(d) and by the Health Act 1999 (c.8) section 13; paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 is cited for the definition of "an order"; paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the 1990 Act was amended by the Health Act 1999 section 13(7).back
[3] See paragraph 29(2) of Schedule 2 to the 1990 Act.back
[5] 1977 c.49; section 5(1) was amended by, and section 5(1A) was inserted by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c.49), section 10(1); Schedule 1 was amended by the Education Reform Act 1988 (c.40), paragraph 21 of Schedule 12, the Health and Medicines Act 1988, Schedule 2, paragraph 7 and the Education Act 1996 (c.56), Schedule 37, paragraph 46.back
[7] S.I. 1993/2589, as amended by S.I. 1998/321 and S.I. 1998/2923.back