Explanatory note

Article 3 of this Order establishes six new Local Health Boards as provided for in section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (2006 c. 42) and article 4 sets out the areas for which they are established. The Order also provides in articles 5 and 6 for interim functions of Local Health Boards between their establishment and operational dates and sets their accounting date.

Article 7 of this Order dissolves twenty-one out of the existing twenty-two Local Health Boards in Wales on 1 October 2009.

Articles 8 and 9 of this Order make amendments to the Schedule to the Local Health Boards (Establishment) (Wales) Order 2003 (2003/148 (W.18)) (“the 2003 Order”) to remove from that Schedule the names of twenty-one Local Health Boards dissolved under article 7 of this Order. Powys Teaching Local Health Board will continue in its current form as established under the 2003 Order and the amendments made under article 9 reflect this.

A regulatory impact assessment has been prepared in connection with this Order. A copy can be obtained from the Welsh Assembly Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ.

In relation to the membership and constitution of Local Health Boards, see the Local Health Boards (Constitution, Membership and Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/779 (W.67)).