National Health Service Act 1977

8 Regional and Area Health Authorities. E+W+S

[F1 F2 (1) It is the Secretary of State’s duty to establish by order in accordance with Part I of [F3 Schedule 1 to the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990]]—

(a) authorities for such regions in England as he may by order determine; and

(b) authorities for such . . . F4 . . . F5 districts in Wales or those regions in England as he may by order determine,

and orders determining regions, . . . F4 or districts in pursuance of this subsection shall be separate from orders establishing authorities for the regions, . . . F4 or districts.

(1A) The authorities established by order under subsection (1) above shall be named as follows—

(a) an authority established for a region shall be called a Regional Health Authority;

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6

(c) an authority for a district shall, . . . F7 be called either a District Health Authority . . . F7 or by a special name indicating the authority’s connection with the district or a place in the district, . . . F7 ;

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7

(2) The Secretary of State may by order vary the region of a Regional Health Authority or the . . . F8 [F9 . . . F8 district] of an . . . F8 [F9 . . . F8 District] Health Authority whether or not the variation entails the determination of a new or the abolition of an existing region or . . . F8 [F9 . . . F8 district].

(3) It is the Secretary of State’s duty to exercise the powers conferred on him by the preceding provisions of this section so as to secure—

(a) that the regions determined in pursuance of those provisions together comprise the whole of England, that the . . . F10 [F11 . . . F10 districts] so determined together comprise the whole of Wales and those regions and that no region includes part only of any . . . F10 [F11 . . . F10 district]; and

(b) that the provision of health services in each region can conveniently be associated with a university which has a school of medicine or with two or more such universities.

(4) An order made by virtue of subsection (2) above may (without prejudice to the generality of section 126(4) below) contain such provisions for the transfer of officers, property, rights and liabilities as the Secretary of State thinks fit.

(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 8(5) repealed by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), ss. 1(1)(c), 66(2), Sch. 10

F2 S. 8(1)(1A) substituted for s. 8(1) by Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53, SIF 113:2), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 28(a)

F3 Words substituted by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 1(1)(a)

F4 Word repealed by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 66(2), Sch. 10

F5 Word repealed by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 66(2), Sch. 10

F6 S. 8(1A)(b) repealed by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 66(2), Sch. 10

F7 Words repealed by Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41, SIF 113:3), s. 30, Sch. 10 Pt. I

F8 Words repealed by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 66(2), Sch. 10

F9 Words inserted by Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53, SIF 113:2), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 28(b)

F10 Words repealed by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 66(2), Sch. 10

F11 Words inserted by Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53, SIF 113:2), Sch. 1 para. 28(c)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 8: by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 1(1)(b) it is provided that in s.8 any reference to an area or an Area Health Authority shall be omitted