{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-determination-of-districts-no-2-order-1991/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-determination-of-districts-no-2-order-1991/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2039",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Determination of Districts) (No. 2) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-determination-of-districts-no-2-order-1991",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order abolishes the districts of Bristol and Weston Health Authority, Frenchay Health Authority and Southmead Health Authority and merges the districts into a new district called Bristol District.\nThe Order makes provision for the transfer of officers (article 3) from Bristol and Weston Health Authority, Frenchay Health Authority and Southmead Health Authority, which are abolished on 1st October 1991 by the National Health Service (District Health Authorities) (No. 2) Order 1991, to the new Bristol and District Health Authority established by that Order.\nThe Order makes provision for the transfer of rights and liabilities of the abolished authorities (article 5). It also makes further provisions consequential on the establishment of the new authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2039/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:38:12.179374+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."
}