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The Health Act 2009 (Commencement No. 4) (Wales) Order 2023

W.S.I. 2023/1039 · Made 22 September 2023

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National Health Service, Wales

Made 22 September 2023

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 40(2)(c) of the Health Act 2009f1, make the following Order.

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Footnotes

f1

2009 c. 21.

Contents

  1. 1Title
  2. 2Appointed day
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Title

The title of this Order is the Health Act 2009 (Commencement No. 4) (Wales) Order 2023.

2Appointed day

26 September 2023 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 31(2) of the Health Act 2009.

Signature

Eluned Morgan

Minister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers

22 September 2023

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is the fourth commencement order made by the Welsh Ministers under the Health Act 2009 (“the Act”).

This Order brings into force section 31(2) of the Act, which amends section 107(9) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”). Section 107 of the 2006 Act confers a power on Local Health Boards to remove a practitioner from a pharmaceutical or ophthalmic list where certain conditions are met. Section 31(2) of the Act amends the definition of “practitioner” in section 107(9) of the 2006 Act to clarify that references to practitioners in Chapter 2 of Part 8 of the 2006 Act are to practitioners included in a pharmaceutical list or an ophthalmic list.