Statutory Instruments
1999 No. 2955

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND
The Northern Birmingham Mental Health National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999

Made
29th October 1999

Coming into force
10th November 1999

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977(1) and section 5(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990(2) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and having completed the consultation prescribed under section 5(2) of the latter Act(3), hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Northern Birmingham Mental Health National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999 and shall come into force on 10th November 1999.

Amendment of NHS trust Establishment Order

2.  For article 3 of the Northern Birmingham Mental Health National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1994(4) there shall be substituted the following article—

“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 to provide goods and the following services for the purposes of the health service, namely hospital services (including teaching and research facilities) and community health services, at or from the following hospitals, establishments or facilities—

(a)71 Fentham Road, Erdington, Birmingham B23 6AL,

(b)premises at Lodge Road, and premises off Lodge Road, Birmingham B18 5SD,

(c)premises at Reservoir Road, Birmingham B23 6AX, and,

(d)premises at the junction of Highcroft Road and Fentham Road, Birmingham B23 6AX,

and at any associated premises.”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.

Yvette Cooper
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health
Department of Health
29th October 1999

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Northern Birmingham Mental Health National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1994 (“the Establishment Order”) which established the Northern Birmingham Mental Health National Health Service Trust, by substituting a new article 3 (functions of the trust).


(1)
1977 c. 49; section 126(3) was amended by section 65(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”) and by paragraph 57 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”) and by section 41(10) and paragraph 27 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46).

(2)
1990 c. 19. Section 5 was amended by paragraph 69 of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Act and by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) section 13: paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 was amended by the Health Act 1999 section 13.

(3)
See S.I. 1996/653, regulation 2(2).

(4)
S.I. 1994/173.