
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Lincoln Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.
(2) In this Order unless the context otherwise requires—
 “the Order” means the Lincoln Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993;
 “the trust” means the National Health Service trust established by the Order.
2 
The trust shall be called the Lincoln and Louth National Health Service Trust instead of the Lincoln Hospitals 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 the words “Lincoln Hospitals”there shall be substituted the words “Lincoln and Louth”.
3 
The change of name under this Order shall not—
(a) affect any right or obligation of any person; or
(b) be taken as invalidating any instrument (whether made before, on or after the day on which this Order comes into force) which refers to the trust by its previous name;and all other documents and instruments 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 for Health
John Horam
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department of Health
18th March 1996