# The Strategic Health Authorities (Establishment and Abolition) (England) Order 2006 S.I. 2006/1408 · made 25 May 2006 This Order abolishes on 1st July 2006 the Strategic Health Authorities listed in column (1) of Schedule 2 to the Order (“the old authorities”). It establishes in their place, and for the areas described in column (2) of Schedule 1 to the Order, the new Strategic Health Authorities listed in column (1) of that Schedule (“the new authorities”) (articles 2 and 3). It identifies a successor Strategic Health Authority for each of the old authorities, defined in the Order as the “relevant new authority”, and lists these bodies in Schedule 2. Made under: National Health Service Act 1977 (Section 8, Section 126) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/strategic-health-authorities-establishment-and-abolition-england-order-2006/pdf/uksi_20061408_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/strategic-health-authorities-establishment-and-abolition-england-order-2006/pdf/uksiem_20061408_en.pdf ## Introductory text NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND Made 25th May 2006 Laid before Parliament 2nd June 2006 Coming into force 1st July 2006 The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 8(1), (2), (3), (4), (7) and (8) and section 126(3) and (4) of the National Health Service Act 1977. She is satisfied that consultation has taken place in accordance with regulations made under section 8(5) of that Act. ## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation (1) This Order may be cited as the Strategic Health Authorities (Establishment and Abolition) (England) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 1st July 2006. (2) In this Order— “new authorities” means the Strategic Health Authorities established by article 2; “old authorities” means the Strategic Health Authorities abolished by article 3; and “relevant new authority” means, in relation to any old authority specified in column (1) of Schedule 2, the new authority which is specified in column (2) of that Schedule in relation to that old authority. ## 2 Establishment, names and areas of the new authorities For each of the areas described in column (2) of Schedule 1 there is established a Strategic Health Authority which shall be known by the name specified in column (1) of that Schedule in relation to that area. ## 3 Abolition of Strategic Health Authorities The Strategic Health Authorities listed in column (1) of Schedule 2 are abolished. ## 4 Transfer of property, rights and liabilities (1) Any right that was, immediately before 1st July 2006, enforceable by or against any old authority shall on and after that date be enforceable by or against the relevant new authority. (2) All the property, rights and liabilities of the old authorities which are not mentioned in article 5 are transferred in each case from the old authority to the relevant new authority. (3) In paragraph (2), “property” includes the trust property held by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Strategic Health Authority, and “rights and liabilities” includes any rights and liabilities in relation to that property. ## 5 Transfer of staff (1) This article applies in relation to any person who was an employee of an old authority immediately before 1st July 2006. (2) Each contract of employment between each old authority and its employees shall have effect on and after 1st July 2006 as if originally made between those employees and the relevant new authority. (3) Without prejudice to paragraph (2)— (a) all the rights, powers, duties and liabilities of each old authority under or in connection with a contract to which that paragraph applies shall, by virtue of this article, be transferred to the relevant new authority on 1st July 2006; (b) anything done before 1st July 2006 by or in relation to the old authority in respect of that contract or those employees shall be deemed from that date to have been done by or in relation to the relevant new authority. (4) Paragraphs (2) and (3) are without prejudice to any right of any employee to terminate his contract of employment if a substantial and detrimental change is made to that employee’s working conditions, but no such right shall arise by reason only of the change of employer effected by this article. (5) Paragraphs (2) and (3) do not transfer an employee’s contract of employment, or the rights, powers, duties and liabilities under or in connection with it, if that employee has objected to the transfer to the relevant new authority and has informed the old authority of that objection on or before 30th June 2006. (6) Where an employee has informed an old authority of his objection as mentioned in paragraph (5), his contract of employment with the old authority shall be terminated immediately before the date on which the transfer would occur, but he shall not be treated, for any purpose, as having been dismissed from that old authority. ## 6 Accounts of old authorities Any duty imposed on any of the old authorities pursuant to section 98 of the National Health Service Act 1977, but not performed by 1st July 2006, shall be performed by the relevant new authority. ## 7 Winding up of affairs of old authorities It is the duty of each new authority to take such action as may be necessary for the winding up of the affairs of any old authority in relation to which it is the relevant new authority. ## 8 Provision for continuity in the exercise of functions (1) Anything done before 1st July 2006 by or in relation to any of the old authorities shall be treated on and after that date as if done by or in relation to the relevant new authority. (2) The reference in paragraph (1) to anything done by or in relation to any of the old authorities includes without limitation any applications made, any authorisations, directions or notices given, and any complaints made, to, by or in relation to any of the old authorities. (3) Any instrument made by any of the old authorities continues in force in relation to the relevant new authority in accordance with its terms until it is varied or revoked by the relevant new authority. (4) So far as is necessary or appropriate, a reference in an agreement or other instrument to any of the old authorities shall be treated on and after 1st July 2006 as a reference to the relevant new authority. ## 9 Revocation The Orders specified in Schedule 3 are revoked. ## Signature Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Warner Minister of State, Department of Health 25th May 2006 ## Schedule 1 The new authorities Column (1) Column (2) Name of new Strategic Health Authority Area East Midlands Strategic Health Authority County of Derby County of Derbyshire County of Leicester County of Leicestershire County of Lincolnshire County of Northamptonshire County of Nottingham County of Nottinghamshire County of Rutland East of England Strategic Health Authority County of Bedfordshire County of Cambridgeshire County of Essex County of Hertfordshire County of Luton County of Norfolk County of Peterborough County of Southend-on-Sea County of Suffolk County of Thurrock London Strategic Health Authority Greater London North East Strategic Health Authority County of Darlington County of Durham County of Hartlepool County of Middlesbrough County of Northumberland County of Redcar and Cleveland County of Stockton-on-Tees County of Tyne and Wear North West Strategic Health Authority County of Blackburn with Darwen County of Blackpool County of Cheshire County of Cumbria County of Greater Manchester County of Halton County of Lancashire County of Merseyside County of Warrington South Central Strategic Health Authority County of Berkshire County of Buckinghamshire County of Hampshire County of Isle of Wight County of Milton Keynes County of Oxfordshire County of Portsmouth County of Southampton South East Coast Strategic Health Authority County of Brighton and Hove County of East Sussex County of Kent County of Medway County of Surrey County of West Sussex South West Strategic Health Authority County of Bath and North East Somerset County of Bournemouth County of the City of Bristol County of Cornwall County of Devon County of Dorset County of Gloucestershire County of North West Somerset County of Plymouth County of Poole County of Somerset County of South Gloucestershire County of Swindon County of Torbay County of Wiltshire Isles of Scilly West Midlands Strategic Health Authority County of Herefordshire County of Shropshire County of Staffordshire County of Stoke-on-Trent County of The Wrekin County of Warwickshire County of West Midlands County of Worcestershire Yorkshire and the Humber Strategic Health Authority County of the City of Kingston upon Hull County of the East Riding of Yorkshire County of North East Lincolnshire County of North Lincolnshire County of North Yorkshire County of South Yorkshire County of West Yorkshire County of York ## Schedule 2 The old authorities Column (1) Column (2) Name of old authority Name of relevant new authority Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Strategic Health Authority South West Strategic Health Authority Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Strategic Health Authority East of England Strategic Health Authority Birmingham and the Black Country Strategic Health Authority West Midlands Strategic Health Authority Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority North West Strategic Health Authority County Durham and Tees Valley Strategic Health Authority North East Strategic Health Authority Cumbria and Lancashire Strategic Health Authority North West Strategic Health Authority Dorset and Somerset Strategic Health Authority South West Strategic Health Authority Essex Strategic Health Authority East of England Strategic Health Authority Greater Manchester Strategic Health Authority North West Strategic Health Authority Hampshire and Isle of Wight Strategic Health Authority South Central Strategic Health Authority Kent and Medway Strategic Health Authority South East Coast Strategic Health Authority Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland Strategic Health Authority East Midlands Strategic Health Authority Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority East of England Strategic Health Authority North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire Strategic Health Authority Yorkshire and the Humber Strategic Health Authority North Central London Strategic Health Authority London Strategic Health Authority North East London Strategic Health Authority London Strategic Health Authority North West London Strategic Health Authority London Strategic Health Authority Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Strategic Health Authority North East Strategic Health Authority Shropshire and Staffordshire Strategic Health Authority West Midlands Strategic Health Authority South East London Strategic Health Authority London Strategic Health Authority South West London Strategic Health Authority London Strategic Health Authority South West Peninsula Strategic Health Authority South West Strategic Health Authority South Yorkshire Strategic Health Authority Yorkshire and the Humber Strategic Health Authority Surrey and Sussex Strategic Health Authority South East Coast Strategic Health Authority Thames Valley Strategic Health Authority South Central Strategic Health Authority Trent Strategic Health Authority East Midlands Strategic Health Authority West Midlands South Strategic Health Authority West Midlands Strategic Health Authority West Yorkshire Strategic Health Authority Yorkshire and the Humber Strategic Health Authority ## Schedule 3 Revocations (1) Order (2) Reference The Health Authorities (Establishment and Abolition) (England) Order 2002 2002/553 The Health Authorities (Establishment and Abolition) (England) (Amendment) Order 2004 2004/37 ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Order) This Order abolishes on 1st July 2006 the Strategic Health Authorities listed in column (1) of Schedule 2 to the Order (“the old authorities”). It establishes in their place, and for the areas described in column (2) of Schedule 1 to the Order, the new Strategic Health Authorities listed in column (1) of that Schedule (“the new authorities”) (articles 2 and 3). It identifies a successor Strategic Health Authority for each of the old authorities, defined in the Order as the “relevant new authority”, and lists these bodies in Schedule 2. The Order also provides for the transfer of property, rights, liabilities and staff from the old authorities to the new authorities (articles 4 and 5), for the accounts and the winding up of the affairs of the old authorities (articles 6 and 7) and for the continuity of the exercise of functions between the old authorities and the new authorities (article 8). The Order also revokes the orders listed in Schedule 3 (article 9). A 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. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1408 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/strategic-health-authorities-establishment-and-abolition-england-order-2006 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.