{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-education-authority-abolition-order-2000/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-education-authority-abolition-order-2000/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/604",
  "legislation_title": "The Health Education Authority (Abolition) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-education-authority-abolition-order-2000",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Health Education Authority (Abolition) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the Act” means the National Health Service Act 1977;\n“the Agency” means the Health Development Agency established by the Health Development Agency (Establishment and Constitution) Order 1999;\n“the Authority” means the Health Education Authority established by the Health Education Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Order 1987;\n“designated officer” means an officer mentioned in the list marked “The Health Education Authority (Abolition) Order 2000 (Transfer of Officers to the Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham Health Authority) List of Designated Officers” signed on behalf of the Secretary of State on 9th March 2000;\n“the Property Rights and Liabilities Agreement” means the agreement relating to the transfer of property, rights and liabilities signed on behalf of the Secretary of State and the Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham Health Authority and dated 9th March 2000.\n(3) This Order extends to England and Wales.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See S.I. 1999/3431."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/6."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Copies of the List and Agreement can be obtained from Department of Health, Public Health Division, Wellington House, 133-155 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8UG."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "The powers under which this Order is made are by their nature exercisable concurrently with the Secretary of State by virtue of article 2(c) of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 S.I. 1999/672."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/604/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:22.324540+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}