The South Manchester University Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1994

Limited functions before operational date

6.  Between its establishment date and its operational date the trust shall have the functions—

(a) of entering into NHS contracts;

(b) of entering into other contracts, including contracts of employment; and

(c) of doing such other things as are reasonably necessary to enable it to begin to operate satisfactorily with effect from its operational date.