Statutory Instrument 2000 No. 2389

The King's Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 2000

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2000 No. 2389

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

The King's Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 2000

	Made	5th September 2000
	Coming into force	15th September 2000

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 126(3) and (4) of the National Health Service Act 1977[1] and section 5(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990[2] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation
    1. - (1) This Order may be cited as the King's Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 15th September 2000.

    (2) In this Order - 

"the Order" means the King's Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1991[3];

"the trust" means the National Health Service trust established by the Order.

Change of name of NHS trust
    2.The trust shall be called the King's College Hospital National Health Service Trust instead of the King's Healthcare National Health Service Trust, and accordingly in article 1 of the Order in the definition of "the trust ", and in article 2 of the Order, for "Healthcare" substitute " College Hospital".

Transitional provisions
    3.The change of name under this Order 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 by authority of the Secretary of State


John Denham
Minister of State, Department of Health

5th September 2000

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order changes the name of an NHS trust established by order under Part I of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 from the King's Healthcare National Health Service Trust to the King's College Hospital National Health Service Trust, and makes consequential amendments to that Order and transitional provisions.

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Notes:

[1] 1977 c. 49; section 126(3) and (4) was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), section 65(2), by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) ("the 1995 Act"), Schedule 1, paragraph 57, by the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 19), Schedule 2, paragraph 27 and by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) ("the 1999 Act"). Schedule 4, paragraph 37.back

[2] 1990 c. 19; section 5(1) was amended by the 1995 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 69(a) and by the 1999 Act, section 13(1).back

[3] S.I. 1991/2362, as amended by S.I. 1993/698.back

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