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The Health and Social Care Act 2001 (Commencement No. 10) (England) Order 2002

S.I. 2002/2363 · Made 11 September 2002

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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

Made 11th September 2002

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 64(6) and 70(2) of the Health and Social Care Act 2001f1, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2001 c. 15. See section 66 of the Act for the definition of “relevant authority”.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, interpretation and application
  2. 2Appointed day in respect of section 2 of the Act
  3. 3Appointed day in respect of sections 5 and 18 of the Act
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, interpretation and application

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (Commencement No. 10) (England) Order 2002.

(2)

In this Order, “the Act” means the Health and Social Care Act 2001.

(3)

This Order applies to England only.

2Appointed day in respect of section 2 of the Act

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), the appointed day for the coming into force of section 2 of the Act is 30th September 2002.

(2)

Section 2 shall come into force for the purposes of the year ending with 31st March 2003 and subsequent years.

3Appointed day in respect of sections 5 and 18 of the Act

12th September 2002 is the appointed day for the coming into force of sections 5 and 18 of the Act.

Signature

David Cammy

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department of Health

11th September 2002

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is the 10th commencement order made under the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (“the Act”), and applies to England only.

Article 2 brings into force, on 30th September 2002, section 2 of the Act (payments relating to past performance), for the purposes of the year ending with 31st March 2003 and any subsequent year.

Article 3 brings into force, on 11th September 2002, sections 5 (income generation powers) and 18 (arrangements for the provision of out of hours general medical services and personal medical services) of the Act.