The Lincoln District Healthcare and the South Lincolnshire Healthcare National Health Service Trusts (Dissolution) Order 2001

Statutory Instruments

2001 No. 220

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

The Lincoln District Healthcare and the South Lincolnshire Healthcare National Health Service Trusts (Dissolution) Order 2001

Made

28th January 2001

Coming into force

1st April 2001

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 Lincoln District Healthcare and the South Lincolnshire Healthcare National Health Service Trusts (Dissolution) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1st April 2001.

Dissolution of NHS trusts

2.—(1) The Lincoln District Healthcare National Health Service Trust established by the Lincoln District Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993(5) is hereby dissolved, and accordingly that Order is hereby revoked.

(2) The South Lincolnshire Healthcare National Health Service Trust established by the South Lincolnshire Community and Mental Health Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992(6) is hereby dissolved, and accordingly that Order is 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

28th January 2001

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order dissolves on 1st April 2001 the Lincoln District Healthcare National Health Service Trust and the South Lincolnshire Healthcare National Health Service Trust.

It should be read in conjunction with the Lincolnshire Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2001(7) which establishes a new NHS 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) (“the 1990 Act”) and by paragraph 57 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”).

(2)

1990 c. 19; see also paragraph 1 of Schedule 2. Section 5(1) was amended by paragraph 69 of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Act and by section 13 of the Health Act 1999 (c. 8).

(3)

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

(4)

See S.I. 1996/653.

(5)

S.I. 1993/2636 as amended by S.I. 1999/636.

(6)

S.I. 1992/2485 as amended by S.I. 1997/1186 and S.I. 1999/792.

(7)

S.I. 2001/221.