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(1) This Order may be cited as the Stockport National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.
(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;
 “establishment date” means 1st April 2000;
 “operational date” has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Act;
 “the trust” means the Stockport 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 Stockport 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 to provide goods, hospital accommodation and services for the purposes of the health service at or from Stepping Hill Hospital, Poplar Grove, Stockport, Cheshire SK2 7JE, and at or from any associated hospitals, establishments and facilities.
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The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman, 5 executive directors and 5 non-executive directors.
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(1) The operational date of the trust shall be 1st April 2000.
(2) The accounting date of the trust shall be 31st March.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Hunt
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Health
20th March 2000