2011 No. 1183
National Health Service, England

The Northampton General Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2011

Made
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 25(1), 272(7) and (8) and 273(1) of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to, the National Health Service Act 20061.
In accordance with section 25(3) of that Act, the prescribed consultation has been completed2.

Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Northampton General Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2011 and shall come into force on 13th May 2011.

(2)

In this Order—

“the Establishment Order” means the Northampton General Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 19933;

“the trust” means the NHS trust established by the Establishment Order.

Amendment of article 1 of the Establishment Order2.

In article 1 of the Establishment Order (citation, commencement and interpretation), in paragraph (2)—

(a)

for the definition of “the Act”, substitute—

““the Act” means the National Health Service Act 2006;”;

(b)

for the definition of “community health services”, substitute—
““community health services” means any services 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 7A4 of that Schedule;”; and

(c)

omit the definition of “operational date”.

Substitution of article 3 of the Establishment Order3.

For article 3 of the Establishment Order (nature and functions of the trust) substitute—

“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.”.

Substitution of article 5 of the Establishment Order4.

For article 5 of the Establishment Order (operational date and accounting date of the trust) substitute—

“Accounting date of the trust5.

The accounting date of the trust shall be 31st March.”.

Revocation of articles 6, 7 and 8 of the Establishment Order5.

The following articles of the Establishment Order are revoked insofar as they are still in force—

(a)

article 6 (limited functions before operational date);

(b)

article 7 (assistance by health authorities before operational date); and

(c)

article 8 (restriction on disposal of assets).

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.

Simon Burns
Minister of State,
Department of Health
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Northampton General Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 (“the Establishment Order”), which established the Northampton General Hospital National Health Service Trust.

Article 3 sets out the nature and functions of the trust as being to provide hospital accommodation and services and community health services. It removes reference to section 5 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (which has been repealed) and removes the reference to the particular establishments and facilities from which the trust carries out its functions.

Article 4 specifies the trust’s accounting date. It removes reference to the trust’s operational date as the trust has assumed all its functions.

Article 5 revokes articles 6, 7 and 8 of the Establishment Order as they relate to the period before the operational date and are of no ongoing relevance (article 8 specifies a sum for the purposes of a provision of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 which has been repealed).