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(1) This Order may be cited as the Witham, Braintree and Halstead Care Trust (Establishment) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1 September 2002.
(2) In this Order—
 “the Act” means the National Health Service Act 1977;
 “operational date” is to be construed in accordance with paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 5A to the Act;
 “preparatory period” is to be construed in accordance with paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 5A to the Act;
 “the Authority” means the Essex Health Authority;
 “the trust” means the Witham, Braintree and Halstead Care Trust established by article 2 of this Order.
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(1) There is established a Primary Care Trust to be called the Witham, Braintree and Halstead Primary Care Trust.
(2) The trust shall be designated as a Care Trust pursuant to section 45(5) of the Health and Social Care Act 2001.
(3) The operational date of the trust shall be 1 October 2002.
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The trust shall be established for the area specified in the Schedule to this Order.
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During the preparatory period the exercise of functions by the trust shall be limited to doing such things as are reasonably necessary to enable it to carry out its functions with effect from the operational date, including—
(a) entering into National Health Service contracts; and
(b) entering into other contracts including contracts of employment.
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(1) The Authority shall meet the costs of the trust performing its functions during the preparatory period by discharging such of the liabilities of the trust which it has reasonably incurred during that period for the purpose of enabling it to carry out its functions with effect from the operational date and which do not in aggregate exceed such amount as may be notified by the Authority to the trust, including—
(a) liability for the remuneration and travelling or other allowances of the chairman and members of the trust;
(b) liability for the travelling or other allowances of the members of committees and sub-committees of the trust who are not also members of the trust;
(c) liability for the remuneration of officers of the trust.
(2) The Authority shall make available to the trust during the preparatory period—
(a) premises and other facilities of the Authority; and
(b) officers of the Authority.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.
Hunt
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
29th August 2002
SCHEDULE
Article 3


 In the district of Braintree—
 the electoral wards of—
 Stour Valley North Ward
 Stour Valley Central Ward
 Stour Valley South Ward
 Yeldham Ward
 Upper Colne Ward
 Castle Hedingham Ward
 Sible Hedingham Ward
 Three Fields Ward
 Panfield Ward
 Rayne Ward
 Gosfield Ward
 Colne Engaine & Greenstead Green Ward
 Earls Colne Ward
 Coggeshall Ward
 Kelvedon Ward
 Silver End & Rivenhall Ward
 Terling Ward
 Cressing Ward
 Black Notley Ward
 Witham North Ward
 Witham Chipping Hill Ward
 Witham West Ward
 Witham Central Ward
 Witham South Ward
 Halstead Andrews Ward
 Halstead Trinity Ward
 Bocking North Ward
 Bocking South Ward
 Braintree East Ward
 Braintree Central Ward
 Braintree West Ward
 In the borough of Chelmsford—
 the electoral wards of—
 Pleshey Ward
 Great Waltham Ward
 Little Waltham Ward
 Little Leighs Ward
 Great Leighs Ward
