{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2001-commencement-no-8-amendment-order-2002/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2001-commencement-no-8-amendment-order-2002/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1170",
  "legislation_title": "The Health and Social Care Act 2001 (Commencement No. 8) (Amendment) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2001-commencement-no-8-amendment-order-2002",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis order amends the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2002 (“the principal Order”).\nArticle 2(2) of the principal Order makes the appointed day for the coming into force in respect of England and Wales of section 15 of the Act 1st April 2002. Article 2 of this order amends that provision in respect of Wales whereby the appointed day for the coming into force of section 15, with the exception of sub-section (3), for all purposes except the making of regulations, shall be 1st April 2002.\nArticle 3 of this Order adds a transitional provision to the principal Order. It provides for appeals made to the Secretary of State before 1st April 2002 under regulations made under section 29B(3)(b) which have not been determined by that date to have effect as though they had been made to the Family Health Services Appeal Authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1170/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:59:28.601942+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}