2000 No. 613
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

The Special Trustees for the Hammersmith and Acton Hospitals, the Special Trustees for the Charing Cross and West London Hospitals and the Special Trustees for the Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital (Transfers of Trust Property) Order 2000

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 92(6) and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 19771 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, it appearing to him that the functions of the Special Trustees for the Hammersmith and Acton Hospitals, and of the Special Trustees for the Charing Cross and West London Hospitals and of the Special Trustees for the Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital2 should be discharged by the trustees for the Hammmersmith Hospitals National Health Service Trust3 and having consulted the said Special Trustees and the trustees for the said National Health Service trust, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Special Trustees for the Hammersmith and Acton Hospitals, the Special Trustees for the Charing Cross and West London Hospitals and the Special Trustees for the Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital (Transfers of Trust Property) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.

(2)

In this Order—

“the new trustees” means the trustees for the Hammersmith Hospitals National Health Service Trust;

“the Special Trustees” means the Special Trustees for the Hammersmith and Acton Hospitals, the Special Trustees for the Charing Cross and West London Hospitals and the Special Trustees for the Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital;

“the trust property” means—

(a)

in relation to the Special Trustees for the Hammersmith and Acton Hospitals, the property specified in the schedule of trust property prepared by, agreed upon by and signed on behalf of those Special Trustees and the new trustees on 9th March 2000,

(b)

in relation to the Special Trustees for the Charing Cross and West London Hospitals, the property specified in the schedule of trust property prepared by, agreed upon by and signed on behalf of those Special Trustees and the new trustees on 9th March 2000,

(c)

in relation to the Special Trustees for the Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital, the property specified in the schedule of trust property prepared by, agreed upon by and signed on behalf of those Special Trustees and the new trustees on 9th March 2000.

Transfer of trust property2.

(1)

On 1st April 2000 the trust property, and any rights and liabilities arising from that property4, shall be transferred from the Special Trustees to the new trustees

(2)

In any trust instrument relating to the trust property, any reference to the name by which the trustees of the trust property are to be known shall be construed as a reference to the new trustees and any reference to the Special Trustees in the name by which the charitable trust governing the trust property is to be known shall be construed as a reference to the Hammersmith Hospitals National Health Service Trust.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

John Denham
Minister of State,
Department of Health
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order transfers to the trustees for the Hammersmith Hospitals National Health Service Trust trust property held by the Special Trustees for the Hammersmith and Acton Hospitals, by the Special Trustees for the Charing Cross and West London Hospitals and by the Special Trustees for the Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital and makes related provision. Copies of the schedules of trust property transferred under this Order can be obtained from the Department of Health, Financial and Audit Support Branch, Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7UE.