Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the National Health Service (District Health Authorities) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 1st April 1994.

Abolition of Authorities

2. The District Health Authorities specified in Schedule 1 to this Order are hereby abolished.

Establishment and names of new Authorities

3. For each of the districts determined by the National Health Service (Determination of Districts) Order 1994(2) and specified in column (1) of Schedule 2 to this Order there is established a District Health Authority which shall be known by the name specified in column (2) of that Schedule in relation to that district.

Amendment of the National Health Service (District Health Authorities) Order 1990

4. In the National Health Service (District Health Authorities) Order 1990(3)-

(a)in article 3(2) (continuation of Authorities in England) for the words from "14 Parts" to "1981"there shall be subsituted the words "8 Parts", each numbered Part corresponding with the number of a region specified in Schedule 3 to the National Health Service (Determination of Regions) Order 1994(4);

(b)for Schedule 1 (District Health Authorities in England) there shall be substituted the new Schedule 1 set out in Schedule 3 to this Order.

Article 2

SCHEDULE 1DISTRICT HEALTH AUTHORITIES ABOLISHED

Basingstoke and North Hampshire Health Authority

Bath Health Authority

Bexley Health Authority

Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Authority

Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde Health Authority

Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale Health Authority

Bury Health Authority

Canterbury and Thanet Health Authority

Central Manchester Health Authority

Chorley and South Ribble Health Authority

Dartford and Gravesham Health Authority

East Birmingham Health Authority

East Cumbria Health Authority

Gateshead Health Authority

Great Yarmouth and Waveney Health Authority

Greenwich Health Authority

Hartlepool Health Authority

Kettering Health Authority

Lancaster Health Authority

Maidstone Health Authority

Medway Health Authority

Merton and Sutton Health Authority

Mid Staffordshire Health Authority

Northampton Health Authority

North Bedfordshire Health Authority

North Birmingham Health Authority

North Lincolnshire Health Authority

North Manchester Health Authority

North Tees Health Authority

Norwich Health Authority

Oldham Health Authority

Preston Health Authority

Rochdale Health Authority

Salford Health Authority

Salisbury Health Authority

South Bedfordshire Health Authority

South Cumbria Health Authority

South East Kent Health Authority

South East Staffordshire Health Authority

South Lincolnshire Health Authority

South Manchester Health Authority

South Tees Health Authority

South Tyneside Health Authority

Suffolk Health Authority

Swindon Health Authority

Tameside and Glossop Health Authority

Trafford Health Authority

Tunbridge Wells Health Authority

Wandsworth Health Authority

West Birmingham Health Authority

West Cumbria Health Authority

West Lancashire Health Authority

Winchester Health Authority

Article 3

SCHEDULE 2NEWLY ESTABLISHED DISTRICT HEALTH AUTHORITIES

Article 4

SCHEDULE 3NEW SCHEDULE 1 TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR SCHEDULE 1 TO THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (DISTRICT HEALTH AUTHORITIES) ORDER 1990

Article 3

"SCHEDULE 1DISTRICT HEALTH AUTHORITIES IN ENGLAND

PART 1AUTHORITIES IN NORTHERN AND YORKSHIRE REGION

PART 2AUTHORITIES IN TRENT REGION

PART 3AUTHORITIES IN ANGLIA AND OXFORD REGION

PART 4AUTHORITIES IN NORTH THAMES REGION

PART 5AUTHORITIES IN SOUTH THAMES REGION

PART 6AUTHORITIES IN SOUTH AND WEST REGION

PART 7AUTHORITIES IN WEST MIDLANDS REGION

PART 8AUTHORITIES IN NORTH WEST REGION

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order abolishes on 1st April 1994 the District Health Authorities specified in Schedule 1 (article 2), and establishes the new District Health Authorities specified in Schedule 2 in relation to the districts for which they are established (article 3).

This Order substitutes a new Schedule 1 to the National Health Service (District Health Authorities) Order 1990 which lists all the District Health Authorities in England (article 4 and Schedule 3).