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This Order facilitated the administrative reorganisation of nursing and midwifery regulatory bodies on 1st April 2002, providing for the transfer of staff, property, rights, and liabilities from dissolved 'old employers' (including the English National Board) to newly designated 'new employers'. It includes provisions ensuring continuity of employment rights, vesting of property despite contractual pre-emption rights, transfer of member liabilities, and assignment of functions including financial reporting obligations consequent to dissolution.

This Order is entirely spent and obsolete — it was a one-time machinery of government reorganisation for a reorganisation that occurred on 1st April 2002. The dissolution it legislated for has long since been completed. As a retained EU law subject to the Regulatory Reform Agenda, it serves no ongoing purpose. While it imposed no direct regulatory burden on private actors, its retention on the statute book contributes to unnecessary legislative clutter without providing any present benefit.

The Contracting Out (Local Education Authority Functions) (England) Order 2002 enables local education authorities in England to contract out specified statutory functions to authorized private parties or individuals. It removes legal barriers that would otherwise prevent LEAs from delegating functions to non-governmental providers, creating a framework for private sector involvement in education service delivery.

This Order is a deregulatory measure that removes barriers to competition and private sector participation in education. Without it, LEAs would face legal obstacles preventing them from contracting out functions to more efficient private providers. It creates competitive pressure on public education provision and allows specialization that can improve outcomes. The Order does not mandate contracting out—it simply permits it, preserving LEA accountability while enabling market mechanisms to operate. Deleting it would entrench the state monopoly on education functions by preventing LEAs from accessing private sector expertise, competition, and innovation.

This Order (SI 2002/735) amends the 1984 General Sale List Order to add a definition of 'marketing authorization' referencing both EU Council Regulation 2309/93 and UK regulations, and substitutes a revised Article 2 specifying which medicinal products can be sold without pharmacist supervision. It classifies products as general sale based on marketing authorization status, product licence of right, or whether they are oral foods/external cosmetics, with restrictions on high-dose Vitamin A (over 7500 IU/day) and Vitamin D (over 400 units/day) and exclusions for eye drops/ointments.

The EU marketing authorization reference (Council Regulation EEC 2309/93) is obsolete post-Brexit and creates an unnecessary anachronistic dependency on a foreign regulatory body for UK medicines classification. While the underlying safety rationale for pharmacist supervision of certain medicines has merit, this instrument could be replaced with a simpler, UK-only framework that achieves the same safety objectives without the bureaucratic overhead of maintaining dual EU/UK authorization concepts. The vitamin restrictions also reflect EU-era risk-averse positioning that could be liberalized to expand consumer access to food supplements.

Establishment Order for the Rowley Regis and Tipton Primary Care Trust, effective 20th March 2002, setting out definitions, membership composition (5 officer and 5 non-officer members plus chairman), transitional arrangements during the preparatory period, and provisions for Sandwell Health Authority to fund and support the new trust during setup.

This Order is wholly obsolete — Primary Care Trusts were abolished by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and the Rowley Regis and Tipton PCT no longer exists. But even setting aside obsolescence, the underlying model represents the NHS command-and-control monopoly structure that restricts patient choice, suppresses private healthcare alternatives, and drives talent and investment abroad. As an instrument of that system, it codified into law the suppression of competitive healthcare markets that Britons would be better off without. The preparatory period provisions and transitional funding mechanics merely illustrate how state allocation replaced genuine market discovery of healthcare needs.

This Order establishes the Eastern Birmingham Primary Care Trust as a legal entity effective 20th March 2002, with an operational date of 1st April 2002. It defines membership composition (5 officer members and 5 non-officer members plus chairman), specifies non-officer member appointment procedures under the Membership Regulations 2000, outlines the preparatory period during which the trust may enter into NHS contracts and employment agreements, and specifies that Birmingham Health Authority shall fund preparatory costs and make premises and staff available.

This Order merely duplicates organizational machinery already authorized under the NHS Act 1977. Primary Care Trusts were part of the NHS internal market bureaucracy that distorted resource allocation, suppressed private healthcare alternatives, and created administrative monopolies in healthcare commissioning. While deleting this specific Order would not dismantle the NHS framework itself (which requires primary legislation), it removes one instance of unnecessary organizational layering. The preparatory period provisions and cost-sharing arrangements between health authorities represent typical bureaucratic complexity that adds transaction costs without corresponding benefits to patients. Birmingham's health services can continue to function through the existing Health Authority without this additional corporate layer.

This Order establishes the Coventry Primary Care Trust as a statutory NHS body effective 20th March 2002 (operational from 1st April 2002), defines its governance structure (chairman plus 6 officer and 6 non-officer members), outlines preparatory period activities including entering into NHS contracts and employment agreements, and specifies that Coventry Health Authority shall fund preparatory costs and provide premises/facilities/staff.

This Order is wholly obsolete. Primary Care Trusts were abolished by the Health and Social Care Act 2012, which restructured the NHS commissioning landscape. The Coventry PCT it establishes has not existed for over a decade. As retained EU law or historical secondary legislation, this instrument serves no current legal purpose. Furthermore, PCTs represented the bureaucratic commissioning layer of the NHS quasi-market that increased administrative costs without demonstrably improving patient outcomes — a structure rightly dismantled. Keeping this instrument merely clutters the statute book with dead law.

This Order establishes the Shropshire County Primary Care Trust as an NHS body on 20th March 2002 (operational date 1st April 2002). It defines membership structure (5 officer members, 5 non-officer members plus chairman), specifies the preparatory period during which the trust may enter contracts, and arranges for the Shropshire Health Authority to meet preparatory costs and provide premises, facilities and staff.

This instrument is spent and obsolete - Primary Care Trusts were largely abolished in 2013 when Clinical Commissioning Groups took over their functions. As a historical establishment order for a defunct NHS administrative structure, it serves no current purpose. Furthermore, PCTs represented the NHS's monopsonistic commissioning model that restricted healthcare supply and choice; their replacement with CCGs did not fundamentally address this market distortion.

This Order establishes the South Warwickshire Primary Care Trust as a legal entity on 20th March 2002 with operational date 1st April 2002. It defines membership structure (chairman plus 5 officer and 5 non-officer members), governance arrangements, transitional provisions during the preparatory period, and resource transfers from the Warwickshire Health Authority and South Warwickshire Combined Care NHS Trust.

Primary Care Trusts were abolished in 2013 under the Health and Social Care Act 2012, making this Order entirely obsolete. Even setting aside obsolescence, this instrument establishes a state monopoly healthcare commissioning body, perpetuating NHS monopolies that restrict private healthcare supply, distort incentives for healthcare provision, and create institutional barriers to the competitive healthcare market that would reduce wait times and improve outcomes. The regulatory cost of maintaining these structures includes suppressing private alternatives that could serve patients better.

This Order establishes the Telford and Wrekin Primary Care Trust as a statutory NHS body effective 20th March 2002, with an operational date of 1st April 2002. It defines membership composition (chairman plus 5 officer and 5 non-officer members), sets transitional arrangements during the preparatory period, and specifies that the Shropshire Health Authority shall fund preparatory costs and provide staff/facilities.

This regulation is obsolete - Primary Care Trusts were abolished in 2013 under the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and no longer exist as legal entities. The entire PCT system was part of the NHS internal market structure that has been dismantled. Furthermore, the NHS's near-monopoly on healthcare commissioning suppresses private healthcare alternatives and creates inefficient bureaucratic structures rather than patient-centered choice. Even if PCTs were retained, this Order merely establishes one specific trust rather than governing general arrangements, making it purely an administrative artifact of a defunct system.

Establishes the Rugby Primary Care Trust as a statutory NHS body effective 20th March 2002 with operational date 1st April 2002. Sets membership at chairman plus 5 officer and 5 non-officer members with specific roles defined. Creates a preparatory period during which the Warwickshire Health Authority and North Warwickshire NHS Trust must provide premises, facilities, staff, and cover liabilities. Authorizes the trust to enter into NHS contracts and employment contracts during the preparatory period.

Creates another layer of NHS bureaucratic monopoly at taxpayers' expense. Statutory prescription of board composition (exactly 5 officer, 5 non-officer members), mandatory government contracts, and forced resource-sharing from other NHS bodies perpetuates the NHS monopoly model that suppresses private healthcare supply and produces the wait times this mandate identifies as scandalous. The preparatory period obligations imposed on other NHS bodies (covering liabilities, providing premises, staff and facilities) demonstrate how these structures distort resource allocation across the public sector. If healthcare commissioning is needed, it need not be achieved through statutory bodies with rigid membership requirements and government-mandated contracting arrangements.

This Order establishes the Redditch and Bromsgrove Primary Care Trust as a statutory NHS body effective 20th March 2002, with an operational date of 1st April 2002. It defines membership composition (5 officer members, 5 non-officer members plus chairman), creates an Executive Committee, establishes a preparatory period for transitional arrangements, and specifies that Worcestershire Health Authority shall meet the trust's preparatory costs and make staff available.

This Order is obsolete - Primary Care Trusts were abolished by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and the Clinical Commissioning Groups that replaced them have themselves been restructured. The NHS quasi-market infrastructure this represents (internal markets, commissioning bodies, administrative layers) distorts healthcare provision by concentrating purchasing power in state-controlled entities, restricting private healthcare alternatives, and creating bureaucratic barriers to entry. The preparatory period cost-sharing arrangements and staff secondment provisions reflect the closed NHS labour market model that suppresses competitive alternatives. As a historical artifact of a now-defunct NHS structure, it serves no current purpose.

This Order establishes the Cannock Chase Primary Care Trust as a NHS body corporate under the National Health Service Act 1977, with effect from 20th March 2002 and operational date of 1st April 2002. It specifies the trust's membership structure (5 officer members and 5 non-officer members plus chairman), defines preparatory period arrangements, and specifies that South Staffordshire Health Authority shall fund the trust during its preparatory period.

This regulation is obsolete: Primary Care Trusts were abolished throughout England in 2013 by the Health and Social Care Act 2012, when Clinical Commissioning Groups replaced them. The NHS structure this Order contemplated no longer exists, making the instrument legally dead law. Furthermore, PCTs were vehicles for the NHS near-monopoly over healthcare provision, restricting private sector competition and suppressing alternative healthcare supply. As retained EU law that has been superseded by domestic NHS reforms, there is no justification for keeping this on the books.

This Order establishes the South Worcestershire Primary Care Trust (PCT) effective 20th March 2002, with operational date 1st April 2002. It defines key terms, sets membership at 5 officer and 5 non-officer members (plus chairman), outlines the preparatory period functions (entering NHS contracts and employment contracts), and specifies that Worcestershire Health Authority shall fund preparatory costs and provide staff.

Obsolete: Primary Care Trusts were abolished by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and replaced by Clinical Commissioning Groups. This Establishment Order has no legal effect. Furthermore, PCTs represented the bureaucratic internal market model that added managerial layers without improving patient outcomes, fragmenting the healthcare system with transaction costs that could have been directed to patient care.

This Order establishes the Wolverhampton City Primary Care Trust as a National Health Service body on 1st April 2002. It defines key terms ('operational date', 'the trust'), specifies the trust's operational commencement date, and identifies the geographic area for which it is established.

This regulation is obsolete — Primary Care Trusts in England were abolished in 2013 by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and replaced by Clinical Commissioning Groups. The Wolverhampton City PCT no longer exists, rendering this establishment order without object. Retaining it serves no purpose and creates unnecessary statutory clutter that could cause confusion about the current NHS administrative structure.

This Order establishes the Oldbury and Smethwick Primary Care Trust as a statutory NHS body effective 20th March 2002, with an operational date of 1st April 2002. It defines membership composition (5 officer and 5 non-officer members), specifies functions during the preparatory period including entering into NHS contracts, and requires Sandwell Health Authority and related NHS trusts to fund and resource the PCT during its setup phase.

This establishment Order creates a Primary Care Trust that was subsequently abolished during the Health and Social Care Act 2012 reforms. The legal entity it creates no longer exists, rendering the instrument obsolete. Retained EU law principles and the regulatory burden of the NHS internal market structure are implicated - PCTs were vehicles for bureaucratic allocation of healthcare resources rather than market mechanisms. The unseen costs include perpetuating a document with no current legal effect while maintaining the illusion of active NHS restructuring legislation.