Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Special Health Authorities Abolition Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005.

In this Order—

• “the FHSAA (SHA)” means the Family Health Services Appeal Authority (Special Health Authority) established by the Family Health Services Appeal Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Order 1995^f1;

• “the HDA” means the Health Development Agency established by the Health Development Agency (Establishment and Constitution) Order 1999^f2;

• “the Information Centre” means the Health and Social Care Information Centre established by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2005^f3;

• “the Institute” means the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence established by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Establishment and Constitution) Order 1999^f4;

• “the NCAA” means the National Clinical Assessment Authority established by the National Clinical Assessment Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2000^f5;

• “the NHSIA” means the National Health Service Information Authority established by the National Health Service Information Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Order 1999^f6;

• “the NHSIA Property Schedule ” means the document produced by the NHSIA and entitled “Schedule of Property Transferring from the NHS Information Authority to the Secretary of State for Health – National Programme for Information Technology” and dated 28th February 2005^f7;

• “the NHSIA Transfer Schedule I” means the document produced by the NHSIA and entitled “Transfer Schedule I – NHS Information Authority Contracts to be transferred to the Secretary of State for Health in connection with the National Programme for Information Technology” dated 28th February 2005^f8;

• “the NHSIA Transfer Schedule II” means the document produced by the NHSIA and entitled “Transfer Schedule II – NHS Information Authority Contracts to be transferred to the Secretary of State for Health” dated 23rd February 2005^f9;

• “the NHSLA” means the National Health Service Litigation Authority established by the National Health Service Litigation Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Order^f10;

• “the NPSA” means the National Patient Safety Agency established by the National Patient Safety Agency (Establishment and Constitution) Order^f11; and

• “the PPA” means the Prescription Pricing Authority established by the Prescription Pricing Authority Constitution Order 1990^f12.