23(1)The [1973 c. 32.] National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 shall be amended as provided in this paragraph.
(2)In section 14(2), in paragraph (a), between the words " Area " and "Health Authorities" there shall be inserted the words " or District " and in paragraph (b), for the figure " (3) " (in both places), there shall be substituted the figure " (2) ".
(3)In section 18(7), in the definition of "new health authority", between the words " Area " and " Health Authority " there shall be inserted the words " or District ".
(4)In section 24(1), in column 2 of the Table, after the words " Area Health Authorities " in the second paragraph, there shall be inserted the words " District Health Authorities " and between the words " Area " and " Health Authority " in the third paragraph, there shall be inserted the words " or District ".