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The Health and Social Care Act 2001 (Commencement No. 7) (England) Order 2001

S.I. 2001/4149 · Made 18 December 2001

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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

Made 18th December 2001

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.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, interpretation and extent
  2. 2Appointed days in respect of sections 45 and 47 of the Act
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, interpretation and extent

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (Commencement No. 7) (England) Order 2001.

(2)

In this Order—

  • “the Act” means the Health and Social Care Act 2001.

(3)

This Order extends to England onlyf1.

2Appointed days in respect of sections 45 and 47 of the Act

19th December 2001 is the appointed day for the coming into force of—

(a)

section 45 of the Act in so far as that section has not already been brought in forcef1;

(b)

subsections (5) and (6) of section 47 of the Act in so far as those subsections are not already in forcef2.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.

Jacqui Smith

Minister of State,

Department of Health

December 2001

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is the seventh Commencement Order made under the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (“the Act”).

Article 2 brings into force in England section 45 of the Act (in so far as that section is not already in force by virtue of section 70(2) of the Act) and subsections (5) and (6) of section 47 of the Act in relation to directions made under section 45. These provisions relate to Care Trusts.