Statutory Instruments

1997 No. 2938

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Southend Health Care Services National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 1997

Made

9th December 1997

Coming into force

19th December 1997

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 126(3) and (4) 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:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Southend Health Care Services National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 19th December 1997.

(2) In this Order-

"the Order" means the Southend Health Care Services NHS Trust (Establishment) Order 1990(4);

"the trust" means the National Health Service trust established by the order.

Change of name of NHS trust

2. The trust shall be called the Southend Hospital National Health Service Trust instead of the Southend Health Care Services National Health Service Trust, and accordingly in Article 1 of the Order in the definition of "the trust", and in Article 2 of the Order, for the words "Southend Health Care Services" there shall be substituted the words "Southend Hospital".

Transitional provisions

3. The change of name under this Order shall not-

(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 for Health.

Alan Milburn

Minister of State

Department of Health

9th December 1997

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order changes the name of an NHS trust established by Order under Part I of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 from the Southend Health Care Services National Health Service Trust to the Southend Hospital National Health Service Trust, and makes consequential amendments to that Order and transitional provisions.

(1)

1977 c. 49; section 126 was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), section 65(2), and by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17), paragraph 57 of Schedule 1.

(2)

1990 c. 19; section 5 was amended by paragraph 69 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17).

(3)

See S.I. 1996/653, regulation 2(3).

(4)

S.I. 1990/2445.