Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-�(1) This Order may be cited as the Ashton, Leigh and Wigan Community Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2010 and shall come into force on 1st November 2010.

(2) In this Order-�

-�the Act-� means the National Health Service Act 2006;

-�community health services-� means any service which the Secretary of State has a duty to provide under section 3(1)(d) or (e) of, or paragraph 1 or 8 of Schedule 1 to, the Act and any service which the Secretary of State may provide under paragraph 2 or 7A(3) of that Schedule;

-�the trust-� means the National Health Service trust established by article 2.

Establishment and name of the trust

2. There is established a National Health Service trust which shall be called the Ashton, Leigh and Wigan Community Healthcare National Health Service Trust.

Nature and functions of the trust

3. 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.

Directors of the trust

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

(2) If the Secretary of State suspends the chairman, or a non-executive director of the trust, the number of non-executive directors of the trust shall increase during the period of suspension by the number of persons so suspended.

Operational date and accounting date of the trust

5.-�(1) The operational date of the trust shall be 1st November 2010.

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

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order establishes a National Health Service trust called the Ashton, Leigh and Wigan Community Healthcare National Health Service Trust.

The Order sets out the functions of the trust (article 3), the number of executive and non-executive directors of the trust (article 4), the operational date (the date on which the trust assumes all its functions) and the accounting date of the trust (article 5).