The Primary Care Trusts (Establishment and Dissolution) Amendment Order 2009

Statutory Instruments

2009 No. 2873

National Health Service, England

The Primary Care Trusts (Establishment and Dissolution) Amendment Order 2009

Made

26th October 2009

Coming into force

1st December 2009

The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 18(2), 272(7) and (8) and 273(1) of, and paragraph 13 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) Amendment Order 2009 and shall come into force on 1st December 2009.

(2) In this Order—

“the Establishment Order” means the Primary Care Trusts (Establishment and Dissolution) (England) Order 2006(3);

“the trust” means the Primary Care Trust established for the district of Manchester, in the county of Greater Manchester, by the Establishment Order.

Change of name of trust and transitional provision

2.—(1) The trust shall be called the Manchester Teaching Primary Care Trust instead of the Manchester Primary Care Trust.

(2) Accordingly in Schedules 1 and 2 of the Establishment Order, in each place where the name “Manchester Primary Care Trust” appears, after “Manchester” insert “Teaching”.

(3) 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.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Ann Keen

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department of Health

26th October 2009

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Primary Care Trusts (Establishment and Dissolution) (England) Order 2006 (“the Establishment Order”), which established, amongst other Primary Care Trusts, the Manchester Primary Care Trust.

Article 2 of the Order changes the name of the trust from the Manchester Primary Care Trust to the Manchester Teaching Primary Care Trust and makes consequential amendments to the Establishment Order.

(1)

2006 c.41. By virtue of section 271 of the Act the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by those provisions are exercisable only in relation to England.

(2)

See S.I. 1999/2337; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2002/2469.

(3)

S.I. 2006/2072, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.