This Order may be cited as the Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust (Dissolution and Transfer of Property and Liabilities) Order 2017 and comes into force on 1st October 2017.

In this Order—

• “the new FT” means the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust;

• “the old FTs” means the Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust4 and the University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust5, or either trust as the context requires;

• “the transfer date” means 1st October 2017; and

• “the 2012 Act” means the Health and Social Care Act 20126.