Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order.)
This order establishes the Ulster Community and Hospitals Health and Social Services Trust, an HSS trust provided for in Article 10 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.
It also provides for the functions of the trust. The functions include the exercise of relevant statutory functions which may be delegated to the trust by Health and Social Services Boards by virtue of authorisations made under Article 3(1) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1994. Article 4 and the Schedule specify the operational area within which the trust may exercise delegated functions.
The Order also specifies the operational date of the trust (Article 6). Article 7 specifies £500,000 as the maximum value of freely disposable assets.