2010 No. 2466
The Norfolk Community Health and Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2010
Made
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 25(1) and 272(7) and (8) of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to, the National Health Service Act 20061.
The Secretary of State for Health makes this Order following the completion of the consultation prescribed under section 25(3) of the National Health Service Act 20062.
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
This Order may be cited as the Norfolk Community Health and Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2010 and shall come into force on 1st November 2010.
2
In this Order—
“the Act” means the National Health Service Act 2006;
“community health services” means any service which the Secretary of State has a duty to provide under section 3(1)(d) or (e) of, or paragraph 1 or 8 of Schedule 1 to, the Act and any service which the Secretary of State may provide under paragraph 2 or 7A3 of that Schedule;
“the trust” means the National Health Service trust established by article 2.
Establishment and name of trust2
There is established a National Health Service trust which shall be called the Norfolk Community Health and Care National Health Service Trust.
Nature and functions of the trust3
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.
Directors of the trust4
1
The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman, 5 executive directors and 5 non-executive directors.
2
If the Secretary of State suspends the chairman, or a non-executive director of the trust, the number of non-executive directors of the trust shall increase during the period of suspension by the number of persons so suspended.
Operational date and accounting date of the trust5
1
The operational date of the trust shall be 1st November 2010.
2
The accounting date of the trust shall be 31st March.
Transfer of staff to the trust6
The Norfolk Primary Care Trust4 has made a scheme for the purposes of paragraph 8(1)(b) of Schedule 4 to the Act for the transfer of staff to the trust.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
(This note is not part of the Order)