1992 No. 3177
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Ashford Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 1992
Made 15th December 1992
Coming into force 21st December 1992

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred by section 126(3) and (4) of the National Health Service Act 1977 and section 5(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
1977 c. 49; section 126(3) and (4) was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) section 65(2).
1990 c. 19.

1 Citation, commencement and interpretation
1 This Order may be cited as the Ashford Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 21st December 1992.
2 In this Order unless the context otherwise requires—
“the Order” means the Ashford Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1991; and
“the trust” means the National Health Service trust established by the Order.
S.I.1991/2319.

2 Changes of name of NHS Trust
1 The trust shall be called the Ashford Hospital National Health Service Trust instead of the Ashford Hospitals 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 word “Hospitals” there shall be substituted the word “Hospital”.
2 In article 3(2) of the Order the words “and associated hospitals” shall be omitted.

3 Transitional provisions
The change of name under this Order shall not—
(a) affect any right or obligation of any person;
(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 documents and instruments 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.
Tom Sackville Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health 15th December 1992

(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 Ashford Hospitals National Health Service Trust to the Ashford Hospital National Health Service Trust and makes consequential amendments to that Order and transitional provisions.