# The Ashworth Hospital Authority (Abolition) Order 2002, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order abolishes, on 1st April 2002, the Ashworth Hospital Authority (“the Authority”), a Special Health Authority established under section 11 of the National Health Service Act 1977 by the Authorities for the Ashworth, Broadmoor and Rampton Hospital Authorities (Establishment and Constitution) Order 1996 and as a consequence revokes that order and the associated Ashworth, Broadmoor and Rampton Hospital Authorities (Functions and Membership) Regulations 1996 (article 2).
The Order also makes provision for the transfer of officers, property, rights and liabilities of the Authority and for the winding up of its affairs (articles 3–5).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/559/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/ashworth-hospital-authority-abolition-order-2002/note
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