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The National Health Service (District Health Authorities) (No.2) Order 1993

S.I. 1993/2218 · Made 9 September 1993

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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 9th September 1993

Laid before Parliament 10th September 1993

Coming into force 1st October 1993

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred on her by sections 8(1)(b) and (1A)(c) and 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977f1 and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1977 c. 49; section 8 was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), section 1(7) and Schedule 1, Part I, paragraph 28, and by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), section 1(1).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Abolition of Authorities
  3. 3Establishment and names of new Authorities
  4. 4Amendment of the National Health Service (District Health Authorities) Order 1990
  5. Signature
  6. Schedule 1DISTRICT HEALTH AUTHORITIES ABOLISHED
  7. Schedule 2NEWLY ESTABLISHED DISTRICT HEALTH AUTHORITIES
  8. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the National Health Service (District Health Authorities) (No.2) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 1st October 1993.

2Abolition of Authorities

The District Health Authorities specified in Schedule 1 to this Order are hereby abolished.

3Establishment and names of new Authorities

For each of the districts determined by the National Health Service (Determination of Districts) (No.2) Order 1993f1 and specified in column (1) of Schedule 2 to this Order there is established a District Health Authority which shall be known by the name specified in column (2) of that Schedule in relation to that district.

4Amendment of the National Health Service (District Health Authorities) Order 1990

In consequence of articles 2 and 3 of this Order, Schedule 1 to the National Health Service (District Health Authorities) Order 1990f1 shall be amended—

(a)

by the omission from Part 10 of the entries in columns (1) and (2) relating to East Berkshire District and West Berkshire District, and the insertion, immediately before the entries in that Part relating to Buckinghamshire District, of the following entries in columns (1) and (2) respectively:—

“

BerkshireBerkshire Health Authority

”;

(b)

by the omission from Part 13 of the entries in columns (1) and (2) relating to Crewe District, Halton District, Macclesfield District, Southport and Formby District, South Sefton (Merseyside) District and Warrington District, and the insertion, immediately before the entries in that Part relating to St. Helens and Knowsley District, of the following entries in columns (1) and (2) respectively:—

“

North CheshireNorth Cheshire Health Authority
SeftonSefton Health Authority
South and East CheshireSouth and East Cheshire Health Authority

”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Tom Sackville

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Health

9th September 1993

Schedule 1DISTRICT HEALTH AUTHORITIES ABOLISHED

  • Crewe Health Authority

  • East Berkshire Health Authority

  • Halton Health Authority

  • Macclesfield Health Authority

  • Southport and Formby Health Authority

  • South Sefton (Merseyside) Health Authority

  • Warrington Health Authority

  • West Berkshire Health Authority

Schedule 2NEWLY ESTABLISHED DISTRICT HEALTH AUTHORITIES

(1)(2)
Name of DistrictName of Health Authority
BerkshireBerkshire Health Authority
North CheshireNorth Cheshire Health Authority
SeftonSefton Health Authority
South and East CheshireSouth and East Cheshire Health Authority

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order abolishes on 1st October 1993 the District Health Authorities specified in Schedule 1 (article 2), and establishes the new District Health Authorities specified in Schedule 2 in relation to the districts for which they are established (article 3). The National Health Service (District Health Authorities) Order 1990 is amended to reflect these changes (article 4).

The changes made to District Health Authorities in this Order are reflected in changes to the districts of the abolished Health Authorities made by the National Health Service (Determination of Districts) (No.2) Order 1993.