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Statutory Instruments

2007 No. 3417

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

The North Tees Primary Care Trust (Change of Name) Order 2007

Made

3rd December 2007

Coming into force

13th December 2007

The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred upon the Secretary of State by sections 18(2), 272(7) and (8) and 273(1) of, and paragraph 13(1) of Schedule 3 to, the National Health Service Act 2006(1).

In accordance with section 18(5) of that Act, the prescribed consultation has been completed(2).

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the North Tees Primary Care Trust (Change of Name) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 13th December 2007.

(2) In this Order—

“the Order” means the North Tees Primary Care Trust (Establishment) Order 2001(3); and

“the trust” means the Primary Care Trust established by the Order.

Change of name of Primary Care Trust and transitional provision

2.—(1) The trust shall be called the North Tees Teaching Primary Care Trust instead of the North Tees Primary Care Trust, and accordingly in article 1 of the Order in the definition of “the trust”, and in article 2 of the Order, for “North Tees” substitute “North Tees Teaching”.

(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, 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 on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health

Ann Keen

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department of Health

3rd December 2007

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the North Tees Primary Care Trust (Establishment) Order 2001.

Article 2 of the Order changes the name of the North Tees Primary Care Trust to the North Tees Teaching Primary Care Trust.