(1)    This Order may be cited as the North Essex Health Authority (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.

(2)    In this Order—

“the old Trust” means the North Essex Health Authority;

“the new Trusts” means the Tendring Primary Care Trust and the Essex Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust;

“the trust property” means the property specified in the two schedules of trust property more specifically described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of article 2 of this Order.

(1)    On 1st April 2002 the trust property specified in the schedule of trust property prepared and agreed upon by the old Trust and the Tendring Primary Care Trust and signed on behalf of the old Trust on 23rd January 2002 and on behalf of the Tendring Primary Care Trust on 24th January 2002, and any rights and liabilities arising from that property, shall be transferred from the old Trust to the Tendring Primary Care Trust.

(2)    On 1st April 2002 the trust property specified in the schedule of trust property prepared and agreed upon by the old Trust and the Essex Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust and signed on behalf on both the old Trust and the Essex Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust on 23rd January 2002, and any rights and liabilities arising from that property, shall be transferred from the old Trust to the Essex Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust.

(1)    In any trust instrument relating to the trust property, any reference to the name by which the trustees of the trust property are to be known shall be construed as a reference to the relevant new Trust and any reference to the old Trust in the name by which the charitable trust governing the trust property is to be known shall be construed as a reference to the relevant new Trust.

(2)    In paragraph (1) of this article references to the relevant new Trust are to be read as references to the new Trust to which the property which is the subject of the trust instrument has been transferred under article 2 of this Order.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

John Hutton

Minister of State,

Department of Health

8th March 2002

This Order transfers to the Tendring Primary Care Trust and Essex Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust, trust property held by the North Essex Health Authority and makes related provision. A copy of the schedules specifying the trust property transferred under this Order can be obtained from the Department of Health, Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7UE.