The King’s Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 2000
Citation, commencement and interpretation1.
(1)
This Order may be cited as the King’s Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 15th September 2000.
(2)
In this Order—
“the trust” means the National Health Service trust established by the Order.
Change of name of NHS trust2.
The trust shall be called the King’s College Hospital National Health Service Trust instead of the King’s Healthcare 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 “Healthcare” substitute “ College Hospital”.
Transitional provisions3.
The change of name under this Order 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
This Order changes the name of an NHS trust established by order under Part I of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 from the King’s Healthcare National Health Service Trust to the King’s College Hospital National Health Service Trust, and makes consequential amendments to that Order and transitional provisions.