Explanatory note

This Order abolishes on 1st April 2001 the Health Authorities listed in column (2) of Schedule 2 to the Order (“the old Authorities”) and establishes in their place, and for the areas described in column (2) of Schedule 1 to the Order, the new Health Authorities listed in column (1) of that Schedule (“the new Authorities”) (articles 2 and 3). The Order amends the Health Authorities (England) Establishment Order 1996 accordingly (article 10).

The Order also provides for the transfer of staff, property, rights and liabilities from the old Authorities to the new Authorities (articles 4 and 5), for the accounts and the winding up of the affairs of the old Authorities (articles 6 and 7), for the continuity of the exercise of functions between the old Authorities and the new Authorities (article 8) and for the investigation of complaints against the old Authorities by the Health Service Commissioner (article 9).