Article 3 Amendment of the principal Order

After article 3 of the principal Order add—

“Transitional Provisions for vacancy appeals

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Where before 1st April 2002 any person has appealed to the Secretary of State under regulations made under section 29B(3)(b)^f1 of the 1977 Act, and the appeal has not been determined by that date, that appeal shall have effect as if it were an appeal to the FHSAA^f2 and shall be dealt with in accordance with the Family Health Services Appeal Authority (Procedure) Rules 2001^f3.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 29B(3)(b) is amended by section 15(3) of the Health and Social Care Act 2001. Regulations made under it are S.I. 1998/2838, 2000/220 and 2001/3742 which all amend S.I. 1992/635.
f2: The FHSAA is constituted under section 49S of the 1977 Act which was inserted by section 27(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2001.
f3: S.I. 2001/3750.