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(1) This Order may be cited as the Wirral and West Cheshire Community National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997.
(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 he 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 Wirral and West Cheshire Community 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 Wirral and West Cheshire Community National Health Service Trust.
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(1) The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1)(a) and (b) of the Act.
(2) The trust’s functions shall be—
(a) to own and manage hospital accommodation and services provided at Victoria Central Hospital, Mill Lane, Wallasey, Wirral, Merseyside L44 4UF and associated premises;
(b) to manage community health services provided from Victoria Central Hospital, Mill Lane, Wallasey, Wirral, Merseyside L44 4UF and associated hospitals, and to provide 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 1997.
(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.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
John Horam
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department of Health
13th March 1997