The Primary Care Trusts (Establishment and Dissolution) (England) Amendment (No.2) Order 2007

Statutory Instruments

2007 No. 1743

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

The Primary Care Trusts (Establishment and Dissolution) (England) Amendment (No.2) Order 2007

Made

19th June 2007

Coming into force

29th June 2007

The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by sections 18(2), 272(7) and (8) and 273(1) of, and paragraph 13(1) of Schedule 3 to, the National Health Service Act 2006(1).

In accordance with section 18(5) of that Act, the prescribed consultation has been completed(2).

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Primary Care Trusts (Establishment and Dissolution) (England) Amendment (No.2) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 29th June 2007.

(2) In this Order, “the Order” means the Primary Care Trusts (Establishment and Dissolution) (England) Order 2006(3).

Change of name of Primary Care Trusts

2.—(1) In Schedules 1, 2 and 3 to the Order, in each place where “North Lancashire Primary Care Trust” appears, before “Primary Care Trust” insert “Teaching”.

(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 or on or after the day on which this Order comes into force) which refers to the Primary Care Trust by its previous name,

and all instruments and other documents which refer to the Primary Care Trust under its previous name shall be construed as referring to it under its new name.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Hunt

Minister of State

Department of Health

19th June 2007

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order changes the name of North Lancashire Primary Care Trust to North Lancashire Teaching Primary Care Trust.

(1)

2006 (c.41).

(2)

See S.I. 1999/2337, as amended by S.I. 2001/3788, S.I. 2002/880, S.I. 2002/2469, S.I. 2004/696, S.I. 2004/865, S.I. 2004/1771, S.I. 2005/848 and S.I. 2006/562.

(3)

S.I. 2006/2072, as amended by S.I. 2007/1268.