The Health Authorities Act 1995 (Transitional Provisions) Order 1996

Citation, commencement and interpretation.

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Health Authorities Act 1995 (Transitional Provisions) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.

(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

“the 1977 Act” means the National Health Service Act 1977;

“the 1993 Act” means the Health Service Commissioners Act 1993(1);

“the 1995 Act” means the Health Authorities Act 1995;

“charity” means a charity connected with purposes relating to the health service(2);

“District Health Authority” means a District Health Authority in existence immediately before 1st April 1996 under the 1977 Act as then in force;

“Family Health Services Authority” means a Family Health Services Authority in existence immediately before 1st April 1996 under the 1977 Act as then in force;

“new authority” means a Health Authority specified in column (1) of the Schedule to the Health Authorities (England) Establishment Order 1996(3) or column (1) of the Schedule to the Health Authorities (Wales) Establishment Order 1996(4);

“old authority” means any District Health Authority or any Family Health Services Authority;

“Regional Health Authority” means a Regional Health Authority in existence immediately before 1st April 1996 under the 1977 Act as then in force;

“the relevant new authority” means—

(a)

as respects any old authority specified in column (1) of Schedule 1, the new authority which is specified in column (2) of that Schedule in relation to that old authority;

(b)

as respects any old authority specified in column (1) of Schedule 2, such new authority specified in column (2) or column (3) of that Schedule in relation to that old authority as is determined, in accordance with Schedule 3, to be the relevant new authority; and

(c)

as respects any Regional Health Authority specified in column (1) of Schedule 4, the Health Authority which is specified in column (2) of that Schedule in relation to that Regional Health Authority; and

“the Service Committees Regulations” means the National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) Regulations 1992(5) as in force on 31st March 1996.

(3) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

(a) any reference to a numbered article is a reference to the article bearing that number in this Order;

(b) any reference in an article to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in that article; and

(c) any reference to a numbered Schedule is a reference to the Schedule to this Order bearing that number.

(1)

1993 c. 46.

(2)

See section 90 of the National Health Service Act 1977.

(3)

S.I. 1996/624.

(4)

S.I. 1996/146.

(5)

S.I. 1992/664, as amended by S.I. 1993/2972 and S.I. 1994/634.