Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the North and East Devon Partnership National Health Service Trust Change of Name and (Establishment) Amendment Order 2002 and shall come into force on 25th March 2002.
(2) In this Order—
“the Order” means the North and East Devon Partnership National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2001(1);
“the trust” means the National Health Service trust established by the Order.
Change of name of NHS trust and transitional provisions
2.—(1) The trust shall be called the Devon Partnership National Health Service Trust instead of the North and East Devon Partnership 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, for “North and East Devon Partnership” there shall be substituted “Devon Partnership”.
(2) The change of name effected by paragraph (1) 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.
Further amendment of NHS trust establishment order
3.—(1) For article 3 of the Order (nature and functions of the trust) there shall be substituted the following article—
“Nature and functions of the trust
3.—(1) The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1) of the Act.
(2) The trust’s functions shall be to provide goods and services, namely hospital accommodation and services and community health services, for the purposes of the health service at or from Devon Partnership National Health Service Trust, Wonford House Hospital, Dryden Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 5AF;
and at or from any associated hospitals, establishments or facilities.”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Hazel Blears
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
14th March 2002