Statutory Instruments
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
21st June 1999
Coming into force
1st July 1999
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977(1) and section 5(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990(2) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after completion of the consultation prescribed under section 5(2) of the latter Act(3), hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Mount Vernon and Watford Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st July 1999.
2. For paragraph (2) of article 3 of the Mount Vernon and Watford Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1994(4) (nature and functions of the trust), there shall be substituted the following paragraph-
"(2) The trust's functions (which include functions which the Secretary of State considers appropriate in relation to the provision of services by the trust for one or more Health Authorities) shall be to own and manage hospital accommodation and services provided at Watford General Hospital, Vicarage Road, Watford, Herts WD1 8HB and associated hospitals and to manage services other than local acute services at Mount Vernon Hospital, Rickmansworth Road, Northwood, Middlesex HA6 2RN.".
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
John Denham
Minister of State,
Department of Health
21st June 1999
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Mount Vernon and Watford Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1994 ("the Establishment Order") which established the Mount Vernon and Watford Hospitals National Health Service Trust.
A new article 3(2) is substituted which provides for the Trust to own and manage hospital accommodation and services at Watford General Hospital, Vicarage Road, Watford, Herts WD1 8HB and associated hospitals and to manage services other than local acute services at Mount Vernon Hospital, Rickmansworth, Northwood, Middlesex HA6 2RN.
1977 c. 49; section 126(3) was amended by section 65(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), by paragraph 57 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) ("the 1995 Act") and by section 41(10) and paragraph 27 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46).
1990 c. 19; section 5 was amended by paragraph 69 of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Act.
See S.I. 1996/653, regulation 2(3).
S.I. 1994/852.