# The Microbiological Research Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Order 1994, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order provides for the establishment and constitution of a special health authority, to be known as the Microbiological Research Authority (“the Authority”) to exercise certain functions of the Secretary of State, formerly exercised by the Public Health Laboratory Service Board, under the National Health Service Act 1977 in connection with the provision of a microbiological service.
Article 2 of the Order establishes the Microbiological Research Authority, the functions of which are set out in article 3. Provision is also made for the constitution of the Authority (article 4), for the transfer of staff to the Authority (article 5), for the enforcement of rights by, and liabilities against, the Authority (article 6), and for the remuneration of members of the Authority who are not also its officers (article 7).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/603/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/microbiological-research-authority-establishment-and-constitution-order-1994/note
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