{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-health-authorities-abolition-order-2005/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-health-authorities-abolition-order-2005/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/502",
  "legislation_title": "The Special Health Authorities Abolition Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-health-authorities-abolition-order-2005",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Special Health Authorities Abolition Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005.\n(2) In this Order—\n“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;\n“the HDA” means the Health Development Agency established by the Health Development Agency (Establishment and Constitution) Order 1999;\n“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;\n“the Institute” means the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence established by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Establishment and Constitution) Order 1999;\n“the NCAA” means the National Clinical Assessment Authority established by the National Clinical Assessment Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2000;\n“the NHSIA” means the National Health Service Information Authority established by the National Health Service Information Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Order 1999;\n“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;\n“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;\n“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;\n“the NHSLA” means the National Health Service Litigation Authority established by the National Health Service Litigation Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Order;\n“the NPSA” means the National Patient Safety Agency established by the National Patient Safety Agency (Establishment and Constitution) Order; and\n“the PPA” means the Prescription Pricing Authority established by the Prescription Pricing Authority Constitution Order 1990.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/621 as amended by S.I. 2001/3562."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/3431."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2005/499."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/220 as amended by S.I. 1999/2219, S.I. 2002/1760 and S.I. 2005/498."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 2000/2961."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/695."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Available from the Department of Health, Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS2 7UE."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "Available from the Department of Health, Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS2 7UE."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "Available from the Department of Health, Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS2 7UE."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/2800."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f11",
      "text": "S.I. 2001/1743 as amended by S.I. 2005/504."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f12",
      "text": "S.I. 1990/1718."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/502/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:08:03.831855+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."
}