National Health Service (Determination of Regions) Order 1981
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1981/1836 |
| Year | 1981 |
1981 No. 1836
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
The National Health Service (Determination of Regions) Order 198121stDecember 1981
15thJanuary 1982
1stApril 1982
The Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 8(1) and (2) of the National Health Service Act 1977(a) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the National Health Service (Determination of Regions) Order 1981 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1982.
Interpretation
2. References in column (3) of the Schedule to this Order to local government areas are references to such areas as existing on 1st August 1981 and paragraph 1(b) of regulation 40 (Statutory definitions of areas) of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976(b) shall not apply to such areas, references therein to wards are references to wards the boundaries of which are fixed by the City of Westminster (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978(c) and references therein to the area of a former borough are references to such an area as existing immediately before 1st April 1974.
Regions of Regional Health Authorities
3. Each of the regions described in column (3) of the Schedule to this Order and respectively numbered 1 to 14 in column (1) of the Schedule shall be a region for which a Regional Health Authority shall continue to be constituted and each such region shall be known by the title set out in column (2) of the Schedule.
(a) 1977 c. 49; the National Health Service Act 1977 was extended to the Isles of Scilly by the Isles of Scilly (National Health Service) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1473).
(b) S.I. 1976/246.
(c) S.I. 1978/48.
Revocations and general saving
4. The National Health Service (Determination of Regions) Order 1973(a), the Isles of Scilly (National Health Service Administration) Order 1973(b) and Article 4 of the National Health Service (Constitution of Regional Health Authorities) Order 1975(c) are hereby revoked but without prejudice to the validity of anything done thereunder.
Norman Fowler, Secretary of State for Social Services.
21st December 1981.
Article 3
SCHEDULE
HEALTH AUTHORITY REGIONS
Column (1)
Number Column (2) Column (3)
of Region Name of Region Description of Region
1. Northern Region … .. The counties of Tyne and Wear, Cleveland, Cumbria
Durham and Northumberland
2. Yorkshire Region … .. The counties of West...To continue reading
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