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(1) This Order may be cited as the Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) and the City Hospital National Health Service Trust and the Sandwell Healthcare 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 Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals 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 Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals 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, for the purposes of the health service at or from Sandwell General Hospital, Lyndon, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B71 4HJ and City Hospital, Dudley Road, Birmingham, B18 7QH
 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 shall be 1st April 2002.
(2) The accounting date of the trust shall be 31st March.
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(1) The City Hospital National Health Service Trust established by the City Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 is hereby dissolved, and accordingly that Order is revoked.
(2) The Sandwell Healthcare National Health Service Trust established by the Sandwell Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1994 is hereby dissolved, and accordingly that Order is revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Yvette Cooper
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
26th March 2002