This Order provides for the dissolution of Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust on 1 November 2017. The Order also provides for the property, rights and liabilities of the trust, save for criminal liabilities, to transfer to the Secretary of State on 1 November 2014. During the period from the transfer date until the dissolution date, the trust will cease to provide health care services, but will continue to exist for the purpose of preserving the trust’s criminal liabilities and allowing them to be dealt with appropriately.