The Whipps Cross Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2001

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Whipps Cross Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2001 and shall come into force on 26th January 2001.

(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

“the Order” means the Whipps Cross Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2000(1);

“the trust” means the National Health Service trust established by the Order.

Change of name of NHS trust

2.  The trust shall be called the Whipps Cross University Hospital National Health Service Trust instead of the Whipps Cross Hospital 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, after the words “Whipps Cross” there shall be inserted the word “University”.

Insertion of new article 4A

3.  After article 4 of the Order there shall be inserted the following article—

“Significant teaching commitment

4A.— (1) The trust is to be regarded as having a significant teaching commitment by virtue of paragraph 3(1)(d) of Schedule 2 to the Act.

(2) One of the non-executive directors of the trust shall be appointed from Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London.”.

Transitional provisions

4.  The change of name under this Order shall not—

(a) affect any right or obligation of any person; or

(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 instruments and other documents 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

John Denham

Minister of State,

Department of Health

15th January 2001