The Health Authorities (Establishment and Abolition) (England) Amendment Order 2004

Statutory Instruments

2004 No. 37

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

The Health Authorities (Establishment and Abolition) (England) Amendment Order 2004

Made

10th January 2004

Laid before Parliament

19th January 2004

Coming into force

9th February 2004

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 8(3) and (4)(d) and 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

(1)

1977 c. 49; section 8 was substituted for section 8 as originally enacted by section 1(2) of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17); section 126(3) was amended by section 65(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), paragraph 57 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) and section 41(10) of, and paragraph 27 of Schedule 2 to, the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46). The functions of the Secretary of State under these provisions are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2(a) of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672, as amended by section 66(5) of the Health Act 1999 (c. 8).