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(1) This Order may be cited as the Bedfordshire and Luton Community National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.
(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 Schedule” means the Schedule to this Order;
 “the trust” means the Bedfordshire and Luton 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 Bedfordshire and Luton Community National Health Service Trust.
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(1) The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1) of the Act.
(2) The trust’s functions shall be:–
(a) to own and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(a) of the Act 1 Union Street, Luton, Beds. LU1 3AN, 40 Kimbolton Road, Bedford MK40 2NR, and associated establishments and facilities, and there to provide and manage hospital accommodation and services, and there and from there to provide and manage community health services;
(b) to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act the properties listed in Part I of the Schedule, and there to provide and manage hospital accommodation and services; and
(c) to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act the properties listed in Part II of the Schedule, and there and from there to provide and manage community health services.
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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 1999.
(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 Denham
Minister of State,
Department of Health
19th March 1999
SCHEDULE
Article 3(2)
PART I

 105 London Road, Luton, Beds LU1 8RG
 Hampden House, Bedford Road, Hitchin, Herts SG5 1NF
 Plot 5 (Blue Circle Site), Mayer Way, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5BF
 Oakley Court, Angel Close, Oakley Road, Leagrave, Luton LU4 9WT
 Foxholes, Pirton Road, Hitchin, Herts SG5 2EN
 Whichello’s Wharf, The Elms, Linslade, Beds LU7 7TD

PART II

 1 Union Street, Luton LU1 3AN
 Orchard Cottage, Church Road, Lower Sundon, Beds LU3 3PB
 Askern House, Manor Road, Kempston Hardwick, Beds MK43 9NP
 16 Wingfield Road, Bromham, Bedford MK43 8JZ
 95 Elstow Road, Bedford MK42 9NS
 Southways Elderly Persons' Home, 290 London Road, Bedford MK42 0PX
 5–7 Rush Court, Bedford MK40 8JT
 Healthlink, 26–28 Bromham Road, Bedford MK40 2QD
 Overstones, Bowling Green Lane, Luton LU2 2HR
 Cedar Lodge, 9 Sundon Road, Streatley, Luton LU3 3PL
 Red House Farm, Cotton End Road, Wilstead, Beds MK45 3DP
 Asplands Medical Centre, Wood Street, Woburn Sands, Beds MK17 8QP
 Cranfield Surgery, 137 High Street, Cranfield, Beds MK43 0HZ
 Woburn Surgery, Eleanor Close, Woburn, Beds MK17 9QU
 Child Development Centre, Hill Rise, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7EB
 Arlesey Health Centre, High Street, Arlesey, Beds SG15 6SN
 Sisters House, 24 St. Peters Street, Bedford MK40 2NN
 Elizabeth Court, Gravely Road, Stevenage SG1 4YS
 Victoria Court, Gravely Road, Stevenage SG1 4YS
 110 Rossfold Road, Luton LU3 3IJ
 Bury Park House, 64 Westbourne Road, Luton, Beds LU4 8JD
 Collingdon Centre, 33–37 Collingdon Street, Luton LU1 1RT
 Conifers, 10 Newbury Lane, Silsoe, Beds MK45 4ET
 Poynters House, Poynters Road, Dunstable LU5 4TP
 The Lodge, 4 George Street, Luton LU1 2BJ
 Titan Court, Unit 16, Laport Way, Kingsway, Luton LU4 5EF
 Washbrook House, 50 Washbrook Close, Barton-le-Clay, Beds MK45 4LF
 Woodlands, Leamington Road, Barton Hills, Luton LU3 3XF
