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(1) This Order may be cited as the South Essex Mental Health and Community Care National Health Service Trust Change of Name and (Establishment) Amendment Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.
(2) In this Order—
 “the Order” means the South Essex Mental Health and Community Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2000;
 “the trust” means the National Health Service trust established by the Order.
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(1) The trust shall be called the South Essex Partnership National Health Service Trust instead of the South Essex Mental Health and Community Care National Health Service Trust, and accordingly in article 1 of the Order in the definition of “the trust”, and in article 2 of the Order, for “South Essex Mental Health and Community Care” there shall be substituted “South Essex Partnership”.
(2) The change of name effected by paragraph (1) shall not—
(a) affect any right or obligation of any person; or
(b) be taken as invalidating any instrument (whether made before, on or after the day on which this Order comes into force) which refers to the trust by its previous name,
and all instruments and other documents which refer to the trust under its previous name shall be construed as referring to it under its new name.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Hunt
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
24th March 2002