1998 No. 1341

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Queen Mary’s Sidcup National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1998

Made

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 19771 and section 5(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 19902 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after completion of the consultation prescribed under section 5(2) of the latter Act3, considering it appropriate that the functions of the trust should include functions in relation to the provision of services for one or more Health Authorities4, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Queen Mary’s Sidcup National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1998 and shall come into force on 10th June 1998.

Amendment of NHS trust Establishment Order2

In Article 3 of the Queen Mary’s Sidcup National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 19925 (functions of the trust)—

a

in paragraph (1) for “section 5(1)(a)” there shall be substituted “section 5(1)(b)”; and

b

for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—

2

The trust’s functions shall be to provide and manage Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup, Kent DA14 6LT and any other premises which are for the time being associated with this hospital, and there to provide hospital accommodation and services.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Alan MilburnDepartment of Health

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Order (“the Establishment Order”) which established the Queen Mary’s Sidcup National Health Service Trust.

The Establishment Order is amended to confer on the trust the purpose specified in section 5(1)(b) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, to provide and manage Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup, Kent DA14 6LT.