The North East Lincolnshire and the Scunthorpe and Goole Hospitals National Health Service Trusts (Dissolution) Order 2001

Statutory Instruments

2001 No. 96

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

The North East Lincolnshire and the Scunthorpe and Goole Hospitals National Health Service Trusts (Dissolution) Order 2001

Made

18th 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 North East Lincolnshire and the Scunthorpe and Goole Hospitals National Health Service Trusts (Dissolution) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1st April 2001.

Dissolution of NHS trusts

2.—(1) The North East Lincolnshire National Health Service Trust established by the Grimsby Health National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992(5) is hereby dissolved, and accordingly that Order is hereby revoked.

(2) The Scunthorpe and Goole Hospitals National Health Service Trust established by the Scunthorpe and Goole Hospitals 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

18th January 2001

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order dissolves on 1st April 2001:

• the North East Lincolnshire National Health Service Trust;

• the Scunthorpe and Goole Hospitals National Health Service Trust.

This Order should be read in conjunction with the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2000.

(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. 1992/2496, amended by S.I. 1996/2034.

(6)

S.I. 1992/2494.