Explanatory note

This Order abolishes on 1st April 2002 the Health Authorities listed in column (1) 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 (2) of Schedule 2 (“the new Authorities”) (articles 2 and 3).

The Order also provides for the transfer of property, rights and liabilities from the old Authorities to the new Authorities (article 4), for the accounts and the winding up of the affairs of the old Authorities (articles 5 and 6), for the continuity of the exercise of functions between the old Authorities and the new Authorities (article 7), for special provisions in relation to the area of the county of Derbyshire known as Glossop (article 8), for transitional provisions in the case of certain committees appointed or recognised by the old Authorities (article 9) and for the investigation of complaints against the old Authorities by the Health Service Commissioner (article 10). The Order revokes the orders specified in Schedule 3 (article 11).