Article 1 Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Health Authorities (Establishment and Abolition) (England) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.

This Order extends to England only.

In this Order—

• “the Act” means the National Health Service Act 1977;

• “Glossop” means the wards of All Saints, Gamesley, St. Andrews, St. Charles, St. James, St. Johns, Simmondley and Tintwistle within the borough of High Peak in the county of Derbyshire;

• “local representative committee” means a Local Medical Committee, Local Dental Committee, Local Optical Committee or Local Pharmaceutical Committee recognised under section 44 of the Act^f1;

• “the material date” means 1st April 2002;

• “the new Authorities” means the Health Authorities established by this Order, which are specified in Schedule 1 to this Order;

• “the old Authorities” means the Health Authorities specified in column (1) of Schedule 2 to this Order;

• “the 1992 Regulations” means the National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunals) Regulations 1992^f2;

• “relevant health service body” has the same meaning as in section 92^f3 of the Act;

• “the relevant new Authority” means, in relation to any old Authority specified in column (1) of Schedule 2 to this Order, the new Authority which is specified in column (2) of that Schedule in relation to that old Authority.