Statutory Instruments

1998 No. 823

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Bishop Auckland Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 1998

Made

19th March 1998

Coming into force

1st April 1998

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977(1) and by 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 Bishop Auckland Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998.

Dissolution of NHS trust

2. The Bishop Auckland Hospitals National Health Service Trust established by the Bishop Auckland Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993(5) is dissolved, and accordingly that Order is revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Alan Milburn

Minister of State

Department of Health

19th March 1998

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order dissolves the Bishop Auckland Hospitals National Health Service Trust on 1st April 1998.

This Order should be read in conjunction with the Durham County Priority Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1998(6), the South Durham Health Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1998(7), the Community Health Care North Durham National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 1998(8), the Darlington Memorial Hospital National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 1998(9), the North Durham Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 1998(10), and the South Durham National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 1998(11).

(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) and by paragraph 57 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17).

(2)

1990 c. 19; see also paragraph 1 of Schedule 2. Section 5(1) was amended by paragraph 69 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995.

(3)

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

(4)

See S.I. 1996/653.

(5)

S.I. 1993/2616 as amended by S.I. 1996/989.

(6)

S.I. 1998/829.

(7)

S.I. 1998/832.