The Birmingham Heartlands Hospital National Health Service Trust Dissolution Order 1996

Statutory Instruments

1996 No. 882

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Birmingham Heartlands Hospital National Health Service Trust Dissolution Order 1996

Made

19th March 1996

Coming into force

1st April 1996

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred on him by section 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977(1) and section 5(1) of, and paragraph 29(1) of Schedule 2 to, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990(2) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, considering it appropriate in the interests of the health service to make this Order(3), and after completion of the consultation prescribed under paragraph 29(3) of Schedule 2 to the latter Act(4), hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Birmingham Heartlands Hospital National Health Service Trust Dissolution Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.

Dissolution of NHS trust

2.  The Birmingham Heartlands Hospital National Health Service Trust established by the East Birmingham Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1991(5) is hereby dissolved, and accordingly that Order, the East Birmingham Hospital National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 1993(6) and the East Birmingham Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1994(7) are hereby revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Gerald Malone

Minister of State,

Department of Health

19th March 1996

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the dissolution on 1st April 1996 of the Birmingham Heartlands Hospital National Health Service Trust.

(1)

1977 c. 49; section 126(3) was amended by section 65(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19).

(2)

1990 c. 19; see also paragraph 1 of Schedule 2.

(3)

See paragraph 29(2) of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19).

(4)

See S.I. 1991/1347, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.

(5)

S.I. 1991/2342, as amended by S.I. 1993/122 and by S.I. 1994/2690.

(6)

S.I. 1993/122.

(7)

S.I. 1994/2690.