1992 No. 1276

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals and West Cornwall Hospital National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 1992

Made

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred by section 126(3) and (4) of the National Health Service Act 19771 and section 5(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 19902 and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

This Order may be cited as the Royal Cornwall Hospitals and West Cornwall Hospital National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 9th June 1992.

2

In this Order unless the context otherwise requires—

  • “the Order” means the Royal Cornwall Hospitals and West Cornwall Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 19913; and

  • “the trust” means the Royal Cornwall Hospitals and West Cornwall Hospital National Health Service Trust established by the Order.

Change of name of NHS trust2

The trust shall be called the Royal Cornwall Hospitals National Health Service Trust instead of the Royal Cornwall Hospitals and West Cornwall Hospital National Health Service Trust and accordingly in the definition of “the trust” in article 1(2) and in article 2 of the Order the words “and West Cornwall Hospital” shall be deleted.

Transitional provisions3

The change of name under this Order shall not—

a

affect any right or obligation of any person;

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 documents and instruments 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 for Health

Tom SackvilleParliamentary Under Secretary of State,Department of Health

(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 Royal Cornwall Hospitals and West Cornwall Hospital National Health Service Trust to the Royal Cornwall Hospitals National Health Service Trust and makes consequential amendments to the Order.