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(1) This Order may be cited as the South West Yorkshire Mental Health National Health Service Trust (Establishment) and the Wakefield and Pontefract Community National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.
(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 South West Yorkshire Mental Health National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order.
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There is established an NHS trust which shall be called the South West Yorkshire Mental Health 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 and services, namely hospital accommodation and services, and community health services, for the purposes of the health service at or from Fieldhead Hospital, Ouchthorpe Lane, Wakefield, WF1 3SP and at or from any associated hospitals, establishments and facilities.
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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 shall be 1st April 2002.
(2) The accounting date of the trust shall be 31st March.
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The Wakefield and Pontefract Community National Health Service Trust established by the Wakefield and Pontefract Community National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992 is hereby dissolved, and accordingly that Order is revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Jacqui Smith
Minister of State,
Department of Health
19th March 2002