Statutory Instruments
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND
Made
22nd March 2004
Coming into force
1st April 2004
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977(1), and by section 5(1) of, and paragraph 3(1)(a) of Schedule 2 to, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990(2), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Warwickshire Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 1st April 2004.
(2) In this Order—
(a)“the Order” means the Warwickshire Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993”(3);
(b)“the trust” means the National Health Service trust established by the Order.
2.—(1) The trust shall be called the Coventry and Warwickshire Ambulance National Health Service Trust instead of the Warwickshire Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust, and accordingly in article 1 of the Order in the definition of “the trust”, and in article 2 of the Order, for “Warwickshire Ambulance Service” there shall be substituted “Coventry and Warwickshire Ambulance”.
(2) The change of name effected by paragraph (1) shall not—
(a)affect any right or obligation of any person; or
(b)be taken as invalidating any instrument (whether made before or on or after the day on which this Order comes into force) which refers to the trust by its previous name,
and all instruments and other documents 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
Stephen Ladyman
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
22nd March 2004
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Warwickshire Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993.
Article 2 of the Order changes the name of the trust from the Warwickshire Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust to the Coventry and Warwickshire Ambulance National Health Service Trust.
1977 c. 49; section 126(3) was amended by section 65(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), paragraph 57 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”) and section 41(10) of, and paragraph 27 of Schedule 2 to, the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46). The functions of the Secretary of State under these provisions are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2(a) of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672, as amended by section 66(5) of the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”).
1990 c. 19; section 5(1) was amended by sections 13(1)(a) and (10) and 65(2) of, and Schedule 5 to, the 1999 Act; paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 was amended by paragraph 85(a) of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Act and by section 13(7) and (10) of, and paragraphs 74 and 83(1) and (2) of Schedule 4 to, the 1999 Act.