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(1) This Order may be cited as the East Sussex Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) and the Eastbourne Hospitals National Health Service Trust and the Hastings and Rother 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 East Sussex 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 East Sussex 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 Eastbourne District General Hospital, Kings Drive, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 2UD, and at or from Hastings and Rother District General Hospital, Bexhill Hospital, All Saints Hospital, 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 Eastbourne Hospitals National Health Service Trust established by the Eastbourne Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1991 is hereby dissolved, and accordingly that Order is revoked.
(2) The Hastings and Rother National Health Service Trust established by the Hastings and Rother National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1991 is hereby dissolved, and accordingly that Order is revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Hazel Blears
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
25th March 2002