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(1)In section 5 of the 1990 Act (NHS trusts)—
(a)in subsection (1), for paragraphs (a) and (b) there is substituted “to provide goods and services for the purposes of the health service”, and
(b)for subsection (6) there is substituted—
“(6)The functions which may be specified in an order under subsection (1) above include a duty to provide goods or services so specified at or from a hospital or other establishment or facility so specified.”
(2)In section 26(3) of that Act (interpretation of Part I), after the definition of “health board” there is inserted—
““provide” includes manage”.
(3)Any order under section 5(1) of that Act—
(a)is to be treated as always having had effect with the omission of any obligation for the NHS trust to which the order relates to own land specified in the order, and
(b)so far as any functions specified in it could have been specified under that provision as amended by this Act, is to be treated as having been made under that provision as so amended.
(4)Any restriction preventing the acquisition of any land by any NHS trust (including an NHS trust dissolved before the commencement of this section) merely because the land did not comprise a hospital or other establishment or facility previously managed or provided by a Health Authority, a Special Health Authority, a Regional Health Authority or a District Health Authority is to be treated as never having had effect.
(5)An order under section 63 may—
(a)provide for any provision made by it for the purposes of, in consequence of or for giving full effect to this section to be treated as having had effect from a time before the commencement of this section,
(b)make such provision about an NHS trust dissolved before that commencement.
(6)In section 11(1) of the 1990 Act (trust funds and trustees for NHS trusts), for “which is owned and managed” there is substituted “at or from which services are provided”.
(7)In paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 2 to that Act (establishment orders), for “assume responsibility for the ownership and management of” there is substituted “provide services at”.
(8)In paragraph 16(2) of that Schedule (general powers of NHS trusts), for “which is owned and managed” there is substituted “at or from which services are provided”.
(9)In paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to that Act (borrowing limits), in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), for the words from “established” to “manage” there is substituted “which are required to provide services at or from”.
(10)The 1990 Act is to be treated as always having had effect subject to the amendments made by this section.
(11)Paragraphs (aa) and (ab) of section 91(3) of the 1977 Act (private trusts for hospitals) are to be treated as always having had effect (until their replacement by paragraph 27(a) of Schedule 4 to this Act) with the omission of “owned and”.
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