The Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) (Establishment) Amendment Order 2006

Made14th March 2006

Coming into force1st April 2006

The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 126(3) and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 19771, and by section 5(1) of, and paragraphs 3(1)(a) to (c) of Schedule 2 to, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 19902.

In accordance with section 5(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 19903, the prescribed consultation has been completed4.

Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

This Order may be cited as the Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) (Establishment) Amendment Order 2006 and shall come into force on 1^st April 2006.

2

In this Order—

a

“the Establishment Order” means the Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 19935;

b

“the trust” means the National Health Service Trust established by the Establishment Order.

Change of name of trust and transitional provision2

1

The trust shall be called the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health Partnership National Health Service Trust instead of the Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare National Health Service Trust, and accordingly in article 1(2) of the Establishment Order in the definition of “the trust”, and in article 2 of the Establishment Order, for “Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare” there shall be substituted “Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health Partnership”.

2

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 or 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.

Amendment of the Establishment Order3

1

Article 3 of the Establishment Order (nature and functions of the trust) shall be replaced by the following—

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1
The trust is established for the purpose specified in section 5(1) of the Act.
2
The trust’s functions shall be to provide goods and services, namely hospital accommodation and services, and community health services, for the purposes of the health service.

2

Article 8 of the Establishment Order shall be deleted.

3

The Schedule to the Establishment Order shall be deleted.

Amendment of the directors of the trust4

In Article 4 of the Establishment Order (directors of the trust)—

a

“5 non- executive directors” shall be replaced by “6 non-executive directors”; and

b

“5 executive directors” shall be replaced by “6 executive directors”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Caroline FlintParliamentary Under Secretary of State,Department of Health14th March 2006

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993.

Article 2 of the Order changes the name of the trust from the Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare National Health Service Trust to the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health Partnership National Health Service Trust, and makes consequential amendments to the Establishment Order.

Article 3 of the Order removes the references to the establishments from which the trust carries out its functions and removes an out-dated reference to restrictions on the disposal of the trust’s assets. Article 4 of the Order makes provision for an increase in the number of both executive and non-executive directors of the trust from 5 to 6.