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The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Commencement No. 11) Order 2009

S.I. 2009/2567 · Made 22 September 2009

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Health Care And Associated Professions Social Services, England

Made 22nd September 2009

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 170(3) and (4) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008f1 makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2008 c.14.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Appointed day for provisions relating to the membership of the Office of the Health Professions Adjudicator
  3. 3Appointed day for provision relating to direct payments
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Commencement No. 11) Order 2009.

(2)

In this Order, “the Act” means the Health and Social Care Act 2008.

2Appointed day for provisions relating to the membership of the Office of the Health Professions Adjudicator

28th September 2009 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act—

(a)

section 98(3) in so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 6 specified in paragraph (c);

(b)

section 127 in so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 10 specified in paragraph (d);

(c)

paragraphs 4 to 10 of Schedule 6; and

(d)

in Schedule 10—

(i)

paragraph 4(b),

(ii)

paragraph 5(b), and

(iii)

paragraph 26(b).

3Appointed day for provision relating to direct payments

9th November 2009 is the day appointed for the coming into force of subsections (1) to (7) of section 146 of the Act (direct payments in lieu of provision of care services) in relation to England, in so far as they are not already in forcef1.

Signature

Signed on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health.

Ann Keen

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of Health

22nd September 2009

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is the eleventh commencement order made under the Health and Social Care Act 2008. It brings into force on 28th September 2009 provisions relating to the membership of the Office of the Health Professions Adjudicator. It also brings into force on 9th November 2009, in relation to England, the provision relating to direct payments in lieu of provision of care services.