Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) This Order may be cited as The South London and Maudsley National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.

(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires-�

"the Act" means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;

"community health services" means any services which the Secretary of State may provide under section 3(1)(d) or (e) of, or Schedule 1 to, the National Health Service Act 1977 and any service which he has a duty to provide under section 5(1) or (1A) of that Act(4);

"operational date" has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Act;

"the trust" means the South London and Maudsley National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order.

Establishment of the trust

2. There is hereby established an NHS trust which shall be called the South London and Maudsley National Health Service Trust.

Nature and functions of the trust

3.-(1) The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1)(a) of the Act.

(2) The trust's functions shall be to own and manage the Bethlem Royal Hospital, Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3BX, and associated establishments and facilities, and there to provide and manage hospital accommodation and services, and there and from there to provide and manage community health services.

Directors of the trust

4. The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman, 7 non-executive directors and 5 executive directors.

Operational date and accounting date of the trust

5.-(1) The operational date of the trust shall be 1st April 1999.

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

Restriction on disposal of assets

6. The sum specified for the purposes of paragraph 6(2)(d) of Schedule 2 to the Act (maximum value of freely disposable assets) in relation to the trust shall be £1,000,000.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order establishes on 1st April 1999 the South London and Maudsley National Health Service Trust ("the new trust"), an NHS trust provided for in section 5 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990. It also provides for the functions of the new trust (article 3). It specifies the number of executive and non-executive directors of the new trust (article 4); the operational date (the date on which the new trust assumes all its functions) and the accounting date of the new trust (article 5); and the value above which assets cannot be disposed of without the Secretary of State's consent (article 6).

This Order should be read in conjunction with The Bethlem and Maudsley, the Lambeth Healthcare, the Lewisham and Guy's Mental Health and the Optimum Health Services National Health Service Trusts (Dissolution) Order 1999(5).