Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order abolishes on 1st April 2005, the Family Health Services Appeal Authority (Special Health Authority), the National Health Service Information Authority, the Health Development Agency and the National Clinical Assessment Authority, all Special Health Authorities established under section 11 of the National Health Service Act 1977.
The Order revokes the Orders and Regulations specified in Schedule 1 (article 2) and makes the consequential amendments referred to in Schedule 2 (article 3).
The Order also makes provision for the transfer of rights, liabilities and property of the abolished Special Health Authorities and the transfer of staff from those Authorities to other bodies.