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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/553",
  "legislation_title": "The Health Authorities (Establishment and Abolition) (England) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-authorities-establishment-and-abolition-england-order-2002",
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  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "NEW AUTHORITIES AND THEIR AREAS",
  "text": "Column (1)\nColumn (2)\nName of new Authority\nDescription of local government area\nAvon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Health Authority\nThe counties of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.\nThe cities of Bath and Bristol.\nThe districts of North East Somerset, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Swindon.\nBedfordshire and Hertfordshire Health Authority\nThe counties of Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire.\nThe district of Luton.\nBirmingham and the Black Country Health Authority\nThe cities of Birmingham and Wolverhampton.\nThe boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull and Walsall.\nCheshire & Merseyside Health Authority\nThe county of Cheshire.\nThe city of Liverpool.\nThe boroughs of Halton, Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral.\nThe district of Warrington.\nCounty Durham and Tees Valley Health Authority\nThe county of Durham.\nThe districts of Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees.\nCoventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health Authority\nThe counties of Herefordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.\nThe city of Coventry.\nCumbria and Lancashire Health Authority\nThe counties of Cumbria and Lancashire.\nThe districts of Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool.\nDorset and Somerset Health Authority\nThe counties of Dorset and Somerset.\nThe districts of Bournemouth and Poole.\nEssex Health Authority\nThe county of Essex.\nThe districts of Southend on Sea and Thurrock.\nGreater Manchester Health Authority\nThe cities of Manchester and Salford.\nThe boroughs of Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside and Wigan.\nThe district of Trafford.\nHampshire and Isle of Wight Health Authority\nThe counties of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.\nThe cities of Portsmouth and Southampton.\nKent and Medway Health Authority\nThe county of Kent.\nThe district of Medway.\nLeicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland Health Authority\nThe counties of Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland.\nThe city of Leicester.\nNorfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Health Authority\nThe counties of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk.\nThe city of Peterborough.\nNorth and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire Health Authority\nThe cities of Kingston-upon-Hull and York.\nThe districts of East Riding of Yorkshire, North-East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, and North Yorkshire.\nNorth Central London Health Authority\nThe London boroughs of Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington.\nNorth East London Health Authority\nThe City of London.\nThe Inner Temple.\nThe Middle Temple.\nThe London boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Hackney, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest.\nNorth West London Health Authority\nThe London boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon and Hounslow.\nThe city of Westminster.\nThe Royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea.\nNorthumberland, Tyne & Wear Health Authority\nThe county of Northumberland.\nThe cities of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Sunderland.\nThe boroughs of Gateshead, North Tyneside and South Tyneside.\nShropshire and Staffordshire Health Authority\nThe counties of Shropshire and Staffordshire.\nThe city of Stoke-on-Trent.\nThe district of Telford and the Wrekin.\nSouth East London Health Authority\nThe London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark.\nSouth West London Health Authority\nThe London boroughs of Croydon, Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth.\nSouth West Peninsula Health Authority\nThe counties of Cornwall and Devon.\nThe Isles of Scilly.\nThe city of Plymouth.\nThe borough of Torbay.\nSouth Yorkshire Health Authority\nThe city of Sheffield.\nThe boroughs of Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham.\nSurrey and Sussex Health Authority\nThe counties of East Sussex, Surrey and West Sussex.\nThe city of Brighton and Hove.\nThames Valley Health Authority\nThe counties of Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.\nThe city of Milton Keynes.\nThe districts of Bracknell Forest, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Windsor and Maidenhead and Wokingham.\nTrent Health Authority\nThe counties of Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.\nThe cities of Derby and Nottingham.\nWest Yorkshire Health Authority\nThe cities of Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield.\nThe boroughs of Calderdale and Kirklees.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/37",
      "affecting_title": "The Health Authorities (Establishment and Abolition) (England) Amendment Order 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/2469",
      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (Supplementary, Consequential etc. Provisions) Regulations 2002"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/553/schedule/1",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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