Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 1066
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND
The Primary Care Trusts (Dissolutions) Order 2003
Made
21st March 2003
Coming into force
1st April 2003
The Secretary of State for Health, in the exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 16A(1) and 126(3) and (4) of the National Health Service Act 1977( 1 ) 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 Primary Care Trusts (Dissolutions) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003.
Dissolution of Primary Care Trusts
2. —(1) Each of the Primary Care Trusts established by the Primary Care Trust Establishment Orders listed in paragraph (2) is dissolved and accordingly their Establishment Orders are revoked.
(2) The Primary Care Trust Establishment Orders referred to in paragraph (1) are—
(a) The Chingford, Wanstead and Woodford Primary Care Trust (Establishment) Order 2001( 2 );
(b) The Redbridge Primary Care Trust (Establishment) Order 2001( 3 ), and
(c) The Walthamstow, Leyton and Leytonstone Primary Care Trust (Establishment) Order 2001( 4 ).
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
John Hutton
Minister of State,
Department of Health
21st March 2003
1977 c. 49 ; section 16A was inserted by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”), section 2(1); section 126(3) was amended by the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46) , section 41(10) and Schedule 2, paragraph 27; section 126(4) was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) , section 65(2) and by the 1999 Act (c. 8) , Schedule 4, paragraph 37(6).