The Alexandra Health Care, the Kidderminster Health Care, the Worcestershire Community Healthcare and the Worcester Royal Infirmary National Health Service Trusts (Dissolution) Order 1999

Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 3471

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

The Alexandra Health Care, the Kidderminster Health Care, the Worcestershire Community Healthcare and the Worcester Royal Infirmary National Health Service Trusts (Dissolution) Order 1999

Made

22nd December 1999

Coming into force

1st April 2000

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 section 5(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990(2) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, on the application of the Alexandra Health Care National Health Service Trust, the Kidderminster Health Care National Health Service Trust, the Worcestershire Community Healthcare National Health Service Trust and the Worcester Royal Infirmary National Health Service Trust(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 Alexandra Health Care, the Kidderminster Health Care, the Worcestershire Community Healthcare and the Worcester Royal Infirmary National Health Service Trusts (Dissolution) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.

Dissolution of NHS trusts

2.  The Alexandra Health Care National Health Service Trust established by the Alexandra Health Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order(5), the Kidderminster Healthcare National Health Service Trust established by the Kidderminster Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order(6), the Worcestershire Community Health Care National Health Service Trust established by the Worcestershire Community Health Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order(7) and the Worcester Royal Infirmary National Health Service Trust established by the Worcester Royal Infirmary National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order(8) are hereby dissolved, and accordingly those Orders are hereby revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Yvette Cooper

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health,

Department of Health

22nd December 1999

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the dissolution on 1st April 2000 of the Alexandra Health Care, Kidderminster Health Care Worcestershire Community Healthcare and Worcester Royal Infirmary National Health Service Trusts.

This Order should be read in conjunction with the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1999(9) and the Worcestershire Community and Mental Health National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1999(10).

(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) (“the 1990 Act”) and by paragraph 57 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”) and by section 41(10) and paragraph 27 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46).

(2)

1990 c. 19. Section 5 was amended by paragraph 69 of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Act and by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) section 13.

(3)

See paragraph 29(2) of Schedule 2 to the 1990 Act.

(4)

See S.I. 1996/653.

(5)

See S.I. 1994/169.

(6)

See S.I. 1992/2560.

(7)

See S.I. 1996/874.

(8)

See S.I. 1993/2582, amended by S.I. 1997/836.

(9)

S.I. 1999/3473.

(10)

S.I. 1999/3472.