2002 No. 867

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

The Sussex Weald and Downs National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 2002

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 92(1) and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 19771 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, having regard to changes or proposed changes in the administration of Sussex Weald and Downs National Health Service Trust and having consulted that Trust, the Worthing and Southlands Hospitals National Health Service Trust and the West Sussex Health and Social Care National Health Service Trust in accordance with section 92(3) of that Act, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

This Order may be cited as the Sussex Weald and Downs National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.

2

In this Order—

  • “the old Trust” means the Sussex Weald and Downs National Health Service Trust2;

  • “the new Trust” means the Worthing and Southlands Hospitals National Health Service Trust3 or the West Sussex Health and Social Care National Health Service Trust4 as the context requires;

  • “the trust property” means the property specified in the two schedules of trust property more specifically described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of article 2 of this Order.

Transfer of trust property

2

1

On 1st April 2002 the trust property specified in the schedule of trust property prepared and agreed upon by the old Trust and the Worthing and Southlands Hospitals National Health Service Trust and signed on behalf of the old Trust on 11th February 2002 and on behalf of the Worthing and Southlands Hospitals National Health Service Trust on 5th February 2002, and any rights and liabilities arising from that property5, shall be transferred from the old Trust to the Worthing and Southlands Hospitals National Health Service Trust.

2

On 1st April 2002 the trust property specified in the schedule of trust property prepared and agreed upon by the old Trust and the West Sussex Health and Social Care National Health Service Trust and signed on behalf of the old Trust on 11th February 2002 and on behalf of the West Sussex Health and Social Care National Health Service Trust on 25th March 2002, and any rights and liabilities arising from that property6, shall be transferred from the old Trust to the West Sussex Health and Social Care National Health Service Trust.

3

1

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 relevant new Trust and any reference to the old Trust in the name by which the charitable trust governing the trust property is to be known shall be construed as a reference to the relevant new Trust.

2

In paragraph (1) of this article references to the relevant new Trust are to be read as references to the new Trust to which the property which is the subject of the trust instrument has been transferred under article 2 of this Order.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Yvette CooperParliamentary Under Secretary of State,Department of Health

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order transfers to the Worthing and Southlands Hospitals National Health Service Trust and West Sussex Health and Social Care National Health Service Trust, trust property held by the Sussex Weald and Downs National Health Service Trust and makes related provision. A copy of the schedules specifying the trust property transferred under this Order can be obtained from the Department of Health, Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7UE.