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| Made | 9th June 2003 | ||
| Coming into force | 20th June 2003 |
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977[1], and by section 5(1) of, and paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 2 to, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990[2], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf hereby makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. - (1) This Order may be cited as the Epsom and St. Helier National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Amendment Order 2003 and shall come into force on 20th June 2003.
(2) In this Order -
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"the Establishment Order" means the Epsom and St. Helier National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1999[3]; and
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"the trust" means the National Health Service Trust established by the Establishment Order.
Change of name of the trust
2.
The trust shall be called the Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals National Health Service Trust instead of the Epsom and St. Helier National Health Service Trust, and accordingly -
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(a) in article 1(2) of the Establishment Order (citation, commencement and interpretation), in the definition of "the trust"; and
(b) in article 2 of the Establishment Order (establishment and name of the trust),
the words "Epsom and St. Helier" shall be replaced by "Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals".
3.
The change of name effected by article 2 of this Order shall not -
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(a) affect any right or obligation of any person; or
(b) be taken as invalidating any instrument (whether made before, on, or after the day on which this Order comes into force) which refers to the trust by its previous name,
and all instruments and other documents which refer to the trust under its previous name shall be construed as referring to it under its new name.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
John Hutton
Minister of State, Department of Health
9th June 2003
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Epsom and St. Helier National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1999, which established the Epsom and St. Helier National Health Service Trust.
Article 2 of the Order changes the name of the trust from the Epsom and St. Helier National Health Service Trust to the Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals National Health Service Trust, and makes consequential amendments to the Establishment Order.
Notes:
[1] 1977 c. 49; section 126(3) was amended by section 65(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) ("the 1990 Act"), paragraph 57 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) ("the 1995 Act") and section 41(10) of, and paragraph 27 of Schedule 2 to, the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46) ("the 1997 Act"). The functions of the Secretary of State under these provisions are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2(a) of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672, as amended by section 66(5) of the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) ("the 1999 Act").back
[2] 1990 c. 19; section 5(1) was amended by sections 13(1)(a), (10) and 65(2) of, and Schedule 5 to, the 1999 Act; paragraph 3 to Schedule 2 was amended by paragraph 85(a) of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Act and by section 13(7) and (10) of, and paragraphs 74, 83(1) and (2) of Schedule 4 to, the 1999 Act.back
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| © Crown copyright 2003 | Prepared 13 June 2003 |