The New Possibilities National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1991

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the New Possibilities National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st November 1991.

(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(1);

“establishment date” means 1st November 1991;

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

“the trust” means the New Possibilities National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order.

(1)

Section 5(1) was amended by, and section 5(1A) and (1B) were inserted by, the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49), section 10(1): Schedule 1 was amended by the Education Act 1980 (c. 20), Schedule 1 and the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49), Schedule 2, paragraph 7.