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(1) This Order may be cited as the Cornwall Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 1st April 1993.
(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 Act;
 “operational date” has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Act;
 “the trust” means the Cornwall Healthcare National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order.
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There is hereby established an NHS trust which shall be called the Cornwall Healthcare National Health Service Trust.
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(1) The trust is established for the purpose specified in section 5(1)(a) of the Act.
(2) The trust’s functions (which include functions which the Secretary of State considers appropriate in relation to the provision of services by the trust for one or more health authorities) shall be—
(a) to own and manage hospital accommodation and services provided at Penrice Hospital, Porthpean Road, St. Austell, Cornwall PL26 6AD and associated hospitals;
(b) to manage community health services provided from Trust Headquarters, Porthpean Road, St. Austell, Cornwall PL26 6AD and to own the associated premises.
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The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman, 5 non-executive directors and 5 executive directors.
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(1) The operational date of the trust shall be 1st April 1993.
(2) The accounting date of the trust shall be 31st March.
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The sum specified for the purposes of paragraph 6(2)(d) of Schedule 2 to the Act (maximum value of freely disposable assets) in relation to the trust shall be £1,000,000.
Virginia Bottomley
Secretary of State for Health
19th March 1993