# The Health and Social Care Act 2001 (Commencement No. 12) (England) Order 2003, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order is the twelfth Commencement Order made under the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (“the Act”) relating to England. It applies to England only.
Article 2 brings into force on 1st April 2003 section 49 of the Act (which excludes nursing care from community care services) in so far as that section is not already in force.
Article 3 brings into force on 16th March 2003 section 57 of the Act (in so far as not already in force). It also brings into force section 58 of the Act (which substitutes a new section 17A in the Children Act) on 16th March 2003, but only for the purposes of making regulations under the new section 17A (see paragraph (1)(b)). Section 17A will come fully into force on 8th April 2003 (see article 3(2)(a)).
Article 3 also makes minor and consequential amendments to, and repeals of, various enactments in connection with the coming into force of sections 57 and 58 of the Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/850/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2001-commencement-no-12-england-order-2003/note
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