The Health Authorities (Wales) (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1996

Made29th February 1996

Laid before Parliament5th March 1996

Coming into force1st April 1996

The Secretary of State for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 126(4) and (5) of the National Health Service Act 19771 and paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 2 to the Health Authorities Act 19952 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order—

Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

This Order may be cited as the Health Authorities (Wales) (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.

2

In this Order—

“the 1995 Act” means the Health Authorities Act 1995;
“new authority” means a Health Authority in Wales established under the 1995 Act3;
“old authority” means a District Health Authority in Wales which ceases to exist as a result of the 1995 Act.

Transfer of trust property from old to new authorities2

Trust property4 held by an old authority named in column 1 of the following Table immediately before 1st April 1996 shall transfer on that date to the new authority specified opposite in column 2 except to the extent that any of that trust property comprises property of the type mentioned in paragraph 4(3) of Schedule 2 to the 1995 Act—

(1)	(2)
Old Authority	New Authority
Clwyd District Health Authority	North Wales Health Authority
Dyfed District Health Authority	Dyfed Powys Health Authority
Gwent District Health Authority	Gwent Health Authority
Gwynedd District Health Authority	North Wales Health Authority
Mid Glamorgan District Health Authority	Bro Taf Health Authority
Powys District Health Authority	Dyfed Powys Health Authority
South Glamorgan District Health Authority	Bro Taf Health Authority
West Glamorgan District Health Authority	Morgannwg Health Authority

William HagueSecretary of State for Wales29th February 1996

(This note is not part of the Order)

On 1st April 1996, as a result of the Health Authorities Act 1995, Welsh District Health Authorities will cease to exist. Health Authorities established under that Act will come into existence at the same time. This Order, subject to a limited exception, transfers trust property held by those old authorities to the new Welsh authorities.