Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.

(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires-�

"the Act" means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;

"operational date" has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Act;

"the trust" means the Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order.

Establishment and name of the trust

2. There is hereby established an NHS trust which shall be called the Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals National Health Service Trust.

Nature and functions of the trust

3.-(1) The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1) of the Act.

(2) The trust's functions shall be:-�

(a)to own and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(a) of the Act Chase Farm Hospital, The Ridgeway, Enfield, Middlesex EN2 8JL, Cheshunt Community Hospital, King Arthur's Court, Crossbrook Street, Cheshunt, Herts EN10 7DH and associated facilities, and there to provide and manage hospital accommodation and services; and

(b)to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act Barnet General Hospital, Wellhouse Lane, Barnet, Herts EN5 3DJ, and there to provide and manage hospital accommodation and services.

Directors of the trust

4. The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman, 5 non-executive directors and 5 executive directors.

Operational date and accounting date of the trust

5.-(1) The operational date of the trust shall be 1st April 1999.

(2) The accounting date of the trust shall be 31st March.

Restriction on disposal of assets

6. The sum specified for the purposes of paragraph 6(2)(d) of Schedule 2 to the Act (maximum value of freely disposable assets) in relation to the trust shall be £1,000,000.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order establishes the Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals National Health Service Trust, an NHS trust provided for in section 5 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990. It also provides for the functions of the trust (article 3) and the number of executive and non-executive directors (article 4). It specifies the operational date (the date on which the trust assumes all its functions) and the accounting date of the trust (article 5). Finally, it specifies the value of assets in excess of which the Secretary of State is to consider the disposal of the assets (article 6).

This Order should be read in conjunction with the Chase Farm Hospitals and the Wellhouse National Health Service Trusts (Dissolution) Order 1999(4).