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(1) This Order may be cited as the South Eastern Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 1st August 2006.
(2) In this Order-
 “the Order” means the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;
 “establishment date” means 1st August 2006;
 “operational date” has the meaning assigned to it by paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 3 to the Order;
 “relevant functions” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 3(2) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1994; and
 “the trust” means the South Eastern Health and Social Services Trust established by Article 2.
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There is established an HSS trust which shall be called the South Eastern Health and Social Services Trust.
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(1) The trust is established for the purposes specified in Article 10(1) of the Order.
(2) The trust’s functions (which include functions which the Department considers appropriate in relation to the provision of services by the trust for one or more relevant bodies) shall be—
(a) to provide hospital accommodation and services at Ards Hospital, Newtownards, Co Down BT23 4AS, Bangor Hospital, Bangor, Co Down BT20 4TA, Downe Hospital, 9a Pound Lane, Downpatrick BT30 6JA, Downshire Hospital, Ardglass Road, Downpatrick BT30 6RA, Lagan Valley Hospital, Hillsborough Road, Lisburn BT28 1JP, Ulster Hospital, 700 Upper Newtownards Road, Dundonald, Belfast BT16 ORH and associated premises;
(b) to provide community based health and personal social services from the trust headquarters and associated premises; and
(c) to exercise, on behalf of Health and Social Services Boards, such relevant functions as are so exercisable by the trust by virtue of authorisations for the time being in operation under Article 3(1) of the Health and Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1994.
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The operational area of the trust shall be—
(a) for the purposes of the statutory provisions specified in Part I of the Schedule, the local government districts of Ards, Down, Lisburn and North Down;
(b) for the purposes of the statutory provisions specified in Part II of the Schedule, Northern Ireland.
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(1) The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman, 5 non-executive directors and 5 executive directors.
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The operational date of the trust shall be 1st April 2007.
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Between its establishment date and operational date, the trust shall have the functions of doing such things as are reasonably necessary for the purpose of enabling it to begin to operate satisfactorily with effect from the operational date including—
(a) of entering into HSS contracts; and
(b) of entering into other contracts including contracts of employment.
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(1) The Agency shall discharge the liabilities of the trust, reasonably incurred between the establishment date and the operational date, that are of a description specified in paragraph (2).
(2) The liabilities referred to in paragraph (1) are—
(a) liability for the remuneration and travelling or other allowances of the chairman and non-executive directors 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 directors of the trust; and
(c) liability for the remuneration of persons employed by the trust.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 22nd June 2006
Denis McMahon
A senior officer of the
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

SCHEDULE
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PART I

Statutory Provision Relevant Function
Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 All relevant functions
Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 All relevant functions
Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 All relevant functions
Matrimonal Causes (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 All relevant functions
Domestic Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 All relevant functions
Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 All relevant functions
Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 All relevant functions
Disabled Persons (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 All relevant functions
PART II

Statutory Provision Relevant Function
Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 Articles 21, 23, 26, 27, 32, 54, 66 and Schedule 3
Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 Relevant functions under Articles 14A, 15, 36, 38(3) and (4), 99,101, 101A and paragraphs 8 and 9 of Schedule 6
Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 Relevant functions under section 2(c) (d) and (f)
Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 Relevant functions under Articles 8(1), 15(3), 22(1), 28(1) and (5), 29(1) and (2), 42(4), 43(3), 44(5), 45(3), 79(3), 129(1) and (2), 131 and 132
Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 Relevant functions under Articles 11(1), 13(3)(a), 24, 31 and 32