Statutory Instrument 1992 No. 366

The National Health Service (District Health Authorities) (No. 2) Order 1992

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1992 No. 366

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The National Health Service (District Health Authorities) (No. 2) Order 1992

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 8(1)(b) and (1A) and 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977^[1] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement
    1.    This Order may be cited as the National Health Service (District Health Authorities) (No. 2) Order 1992 and shall come into force—
 (a) on 1st April 1992 for all purposes other than those specified in paragraph (b) of this article;
 (b) on 1st April 1993 for the purposes of the abolition of Camberwell Health Authority, Lewisham and North Southwark Health Authority and West Lambeth Health Authority and the establishment of South East London Health Authority.

Abolition of Authorities
    2.    The District Health Authorities listed in Schedule 1 to this Order are hereby abolished.

Establishment and names of new Authorities
    3.    For each of the districts determined by the National Health Service (Determination of Districts) Order 1981^[2] and specified in column (1) of Schedule 2 to this Order there is hereby established a District Health Authority which shall be known by the name specified in relation to that district in column (2) of that Schedule.

Amendment of National Health Service (District Health Authorities) Order 1990
    4.    In consequence of articles 2 and 3 of this Order the entries in columns (1) and (2) of Schedule 1 to the National Health Service (District Health Authorities) Order 1990^[3] shall be amended as follows:—
 (a) by the omission from Part 1 of the entries relating to Durham District and North West Durham District and the insertion after the entries relating to Northumberland District of the entries—

North Durham

North Durham Health Authority

 (b) by the omission from Part 3 of the entries relating to Bassetlaw District and Central Nottinghamshire District and the insertion after the entries relating to North Lincolnshire District of the entries—

North Nottinghamshire

North Nottinghamshire Health Authority

 (c) by the omission from Part 4 of the entries relating to Peterborough District and West Norfolk and Wisbech District and the insertion after the entries relating to Huntingdon District of the entries—

North West Anglia

North West Anglia Health Authority

 (d) by the omission from Part 5 of the entries relating to North Hertfordshire District and the substitution for the entries relating to East Hertfordshire District of the entries—

East and North Hertfordshire

East and North Hertfordshire Health Authority

 (e) by the omission from Part 7 of the entries relating to Camberwell District, Lewisham and North Southwark District and West Lambeth District and the insertion after the entries relating to South East Kent District of the entries—

South East London

South East London Health Authority

 (f) by the omission from Part 9 of the entries relating to West Dorset District and East Dorset District and the insertion after the entries relating to Bath District of the entries—

Dorset

Dorset Health Authority

William Waldegrave

Secretary of State for Health

21st February 1992

[1] 1977 c. 49; section 8 was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), section 1 and Schedule 1, Part I, paragraph 28 and by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), section 1. back

[2] S.I. 1981/1837; the relevant amending instrument is 1992/367. back

[3] S.I. 1990/1756. back

Explanatory Note