The National Health Service (Determination of Districts) Order 1994

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the National Health Service (Determination of Districts) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 1st April 1994.

(2) In this Order—

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

“the material date” means 1st April 1994;

“the new authorities” means the health authorities specified in Schedule 2 to the National Health Service (District Health Authorities) Order 1994(1), being in each case an authority established by that Order;

“the old authorities” means the health authorities specified in Schedule 1 to that Order, being—

(a)

in the case of the Suffolk Health Authority, an authority established by the National Health Service (District Health Authorities) Order 1993(2);

(b)

in all other cases, authorities the establishment of which was continued by the National Health Service (District Health Authorities) Order 1990(3);

“the relevant new authority” means—

(a)

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

(b)

as respects the old authority referred to in Part II of that Schedule, the new authority which is determined, in accordance with that Part, to be the relevant new authority in relation to that old authority.

(3) The provisions of sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of article 2(3) (interpretation) of the National Health Service (Determination of Districts) Order 1981(4) shall apply to the interpretation of references in article 2(4) of, and Schedule 4 to this Order as they apply to references in Schedule 1 to that Order.

(1)

S.I. 1994/680.

(2)

S.I. 1993/572.

(3)

S.I. 1990/1756, as amended by S.I. 1991/325, 2040, 1992/119, 366, 2164, 2752, 1993/572 and 2218.

(4)

S.I. 1981/1837, as amended by S.I. 1982/344, 1983/30, 336, 1984/328, 1985/25, 370, 1988/407, 1990/1755, 1991/326, 2039, 1992/120, 367, 2163, 2751, 1993/574 and 2219.