http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2009/778/madeThe Local Health Boards (Establishment and Dissolution) (Wales) Order 2009National Health Service (NHS)Primary health careHealth care services and specialismsNational Assembly For WalesCareKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2017-11-24NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, WALES Article 3 of this Order establishes six new Local Health Boards as provided for in section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (2006 c. 42) and article 4 sets out the areas for which they are established. The Order also provides in articles 5 and 6 for interim functions of Local Health Boards between their establishment and operational dates and sets their accounting date. The Local Health Boards (Establishment and Dissolution) (Wales) Order 2009Gorchymyn Byrddau Iechyd Lleol (Sefydlu a Diddymu) (Cymru) 2009Sch. 1The Local Health Boards (Establishment and Dissolution) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2013Gorchymyn Byrddau Iechyd Lleol (Sefydlu a Diddymu) (Cymru) (Diwygio) 2013art. 2(a)art. 1The Local Health Boards (Establishment and Dissolution) (Wales) Order 2009Gorchymyn Byrddau Iechyd Lleol (Sefydlu a Diddymu) (Cymru) 2009Sch. 1The Local Health Boards (Establishment and Dissolution) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2013Gorchymyn Byrddau Iechyd Lleol (Sefydlu a Diddymu) (Cymru) (Diwygio) 2013art. 2(b)art. 1The Local Health Boards (Establishment and Dissolution) (Wales) Order 2009Gorchymyn Byrddau Iechyd Lleol (Sefydlu a Diddymu) (Cymru) 2009Sch. 1The Local Health Boards (Establishment and Dissolution) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2013Gorchymyn Byrddau Iechyd Lleol (Sefydlu a Diddymu) (Cymru) (Diwygio) 2013art. 2(c)art. 1The Local Health Boards (Establishment and Dissolution) (Wales) Order 2009Gorchymyn Byrddau Iechyd Lleol (Sefydlu a Diddymu) (Cymru) 2009Sch. 1The Local Health Boards (Area Change) (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2019Gorchymyn Byrddau Iechyd Lleol (Newid Ardaloedd) (Cymru) (Diwygiadau Amrywiol) 2019Sch.art. 1(1) This Statutory Instrument has been printed in substitution of the SI of the same number and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument. 2009 No. 778 (W.66) NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, WALES The Local Health Boards (Establishment and Dissolution) (Wales) Order 2009 Made 24 March 2009 Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 25 March 2009 Coming into force 1 June 2009 The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 11, 203(9) and (10) and 204 of and paragraphs 11 and 12 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 make the following Order: Title and commencement 1 1 The title of this Order is the Local Health Boards (Establishment and Dissolution) (Wales) Order 2009. 2 This Order comes into force on 1 June 2009. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “dissolution date” (“dyddiad diddymu”) means 1 October 2009; “establishment date” (“dyddiad sefydlu”) means 1 June 2009; “Local Health Board area” (“ardal Bwrdd Iechyd Lleol”) means the area of Wales for which a Local Health Board under article 3 to this Order is established; “operational date” (“dyddiad gweithredol”) has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006; and “principal local government area” (“prif ardal llywodraeth leol”) means a principal local government area in Wales as set out in Parts I and II of Schedule 4 to the Local Government Act 1972. Establishment of Local Health Boards 3 There are established, with effect from the establishment date, the six Local Health Boards listed in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order which have the names assigned to them in that Schedule. Local Health Board areas 4 1 Each Local Health Board area consists of the principal local government areas assigned to it in column 2 of Schedule 1 to this Order. 2 If the principal local government areas assigned to a Local Health Board under paragraph (1) above are varied, the Local Health Board area is to be varied accordingly. 3 Paragraph (2) above does not apply to creation of a new principal local government area, abolition of an existing principal local government area or a merger of two or more principal local government areas. Operational date and accounting date of Local Health Boards 5 1 The operational date of each Local Health Board established under article 3 to this Order is 1 October 2009. 2 The accounting date of each Local Health Board established under article 3 to this Order is 31 March. Limited functions before operational date 6 Between its establishment date and its operational date, each Local Health Board established under article 3 to this Order will have the functions of — a entering into NHS contracts; b entering into other contracts including contracts of employment; and c doing such other things as are reasonably necessary to enable it to begin to operate satisfactorily with effect from its operational date. Dissolutions 7 The twenty-one Local Health Boards listed in Schedule 2 to this Order which were established by the Local Health Boards (Establishment) (Wales) Order 2003 are dissolved with effect from the dissolution date. Amendments to the Schedule to the Local Health Boards (Establishment) (Wales) Order 2003 8 The Local Health Boards (Establishment) (Wales) Order 2003 is amended in accordance with article 9. 9 With effect from the dissolution date delete the Schedule to the Local Health Boards (Establishment) (Wales) Order 2003 (local health board names and principal local government areas for which they are established) and substitute the Schedule in Schedule 3 to this Order. Edwina Hart Minister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers 24 March 2009 SCHEDULE 1 Local Health Board Names and Principal Local Government Areas for which they are Established Articles 3 and 4
Column 1Column 2
Names of Local Health Boards established under article 3Principal local government areas for which the Local Health Board is established
1 Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board Newport, Torfaen, Monmouthshire, Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent
2 Cwm Taf Local Health Board Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf
3 Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
4 Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Local Health Board Bridgend, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea
5 Hywel Dda Local Health Board Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion
6 Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board Flintshire, Denbighshire, Gwynedd, Wrexham, Conwy and Anglesey
SCHEDULE 2 21 Local Health Boards dissolved with effect from 1 October 2009 Article 7
Local Health Boards established under article 3 of the Local Health Boards (Establishment) (Wales) Order 2003
1Anglesey Local Health Board
2Gwynedd Local Health Board
3Cardiff Local Health Board
4Ceredigion Local Health Board
5Carmarthenshire Local Health Board
6Denbighshire Local Health Board
7Flintshire Local Health Board
8Monmouthshire Local Health Board
9Pembrokeshire Local Health Board
10Swansea Local Health Board
11Conwy Local Health Board
12Blaenau Gwent Local Health Board
13Bridgend Local Health Board
14Caerphilly Teaching Local Health Board
15Merthyr Tydfil Local Health Board
16Neath Port Talbot Local Health Board
17Newport Local Health Board
18Rhondda Cynon Taf Teaching Local Health Board
19Torfaen Local Health Board
20Vale of Glamorgan Local Health Board
21Wrexham Local Health Board
SCHEDULE 3 Articles 8 and 9 SCHEDULE Local Health Board Names and Principal Local Government Areas for which they are established Articles 3 and 5
Names of Local Health Boards established under article 3Principal local government area for which the Local Health Board is established
1Powys Teaching Local Health BoardPowys
(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 3 of this Order establishes six new Local Health Boards as provided for in section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (2006 c. 42) and article 4 sets out the areas for which they are established. The Order also provides in articles 5 and 6 for interim functions of Local Health Boards between their establishment and operational dates and sets their accounting date.

Article 7 of this Order dissolves twenty-one out of the existing twenty-two Local Health Boards in Wales on 1 October 2009.

Articles 8 and 9 of this Order make amendments to the Schedule to the Local Health Boards (Establishment) (Wales) Order 2003 (2003/148 (W.18)) (“the 2003 Order”) to remove from that Schedule the names of twenty-one Local Health Boards dissolved under article 7 of this Order. Powys Teaching Local Health Board will continue in its current form as established under the 2003 Order and the amendments made under article 9 reflect this.

A regulatory impact assessment has been prepared in connection with this Order. A copy can be obtained from the Welsh Assembly Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ.

In relation to the membership and constitution of Local Health Boards, see the Local Health Boards (Constitution, Membership and Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/779 (W.67)).

2006 c. 42. 1972 c. 70. Parts I and II of Schedule 4 to the Local Government Act 1972 were substituted by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994. S.I. 2003/148 (W.18) as amended by S.I. 2006/1790 (W.186).