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Explanatory note

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This Order abolishes the districts of Cheltenham and District Health Authority and Gloucester Health Authority and merges the districts into a new district called Gloucestershire District.

The Order makes provision for the transfer of officers (article 3) from Cheltenham and District Health Authority and Gloucester Health Authority which are abolished on 24th February 1992 by the National Health Service (District Health Authorities) Order 1992, to the new Gloucestershire Health Authority established by that Order.

The 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.