Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
This Order may be cited as the Premier Health National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 1st April 1994.
2
In this Order unless the context otherwise requires—
“the Act” means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;
“community health services” means any services which the Secretary of State may provide under section 3(1)(d) or (e) of, or Schedule 1 to, the National Health Service Act 1977 and any service which she has a duty to provide under section 5(1) or (1A) of that Act2;
“establishment date” means 1st April 1994;
“operational date” has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Act;
“the trust” means the Premier Health National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order.