{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nhs-direct-special-health-authority-abolition-order-2007/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nhs-direct-special-health-authority-abolition-order-2007/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/504",
  "legislation_title": "The NHS Direct Special Health Authority Abolition Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nhs-direct-special-health-authority-abolition-order-2007",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order abolishes on 1st April 2007 NHS Direct, a Special Health Authority established under section 11 of the National Health Service Act 1977.\nThe Order revokes the Orders and Regulations specified in Schedule 1 (article 2) and makes the consequential amendment referred to in Schedule 2 (article 3).\nThe Order also makes provision for the transfer of rights, liabilities, and property of NHS Direct Special Health Authority and the transfer of staff from NHS Direct Special Health Authority to NHS Direct National Health Service Trust which is established by S.I. 2007/ 478.\nA full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this Order as it has no impact on the costs of business, charities or voluntary bodies.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/504/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:04:12.276944+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."
}