# The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Commencement No.17) Order 2011

W.S.I. 2011/986 · made 28 March 2011

This Order brings into force—section 144 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (“the Act”) which provides for the insertion of new paragraphs 7A and 7B into Schedule 1 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006. These new paragraphs make provision about weighing and measuring children in Wales;subsection (8) of section 146 of the Act, which inserts subsection (4A) into section 64 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (“the 2001 Act”). This new subsection makes provision for the making of regulations by the Welsh Ministers under section 57 of the 2001 Act.

Made under: Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Section 170)

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## Introductory text

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
SOCIAL CARE, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 28 March 2011
The Welsh Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 170(3) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008.

## 1 Title and interpretation

(1) The title of this Order is the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Commencement No.17) Order 2011.
(2) In this Order, “the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Health and Social Care Act 2008.

## 2 Appointed days for provisions coming into force in relation to England and Wales

(1) 29 March 2011 is the day appointed for the coming into force of subsection (8) of section 146 of the Act (direct payments in lieu of provision of care services).
(2) 1 August 2011 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 144 of the Act (weighing and measuring children: Wales).

## 3 Appointed day for provisions coming into force in relation to Wales

29 March 2011 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 Wales, in so far as they are not already in force.

## Signature

Edwina Hart
Minister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers
28 March 2011

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force—
section 144 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (“the Act”) which provides for the insertion of new paragraphs 7A and 7B into Schedule 1 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006. These new paragraphs make provision about weighing and measuring children in Wales;
subsection (8) of section 146 of the Act, which inserts subsection (4A) into section 64 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (“the 2001 Act”). This new subsection makes provision for the making of regulations by the Welsh Ministers under section 57 of the 2001 Act.
It also brings into force in relation to Wales—
subsections (1) to (7) of section 146 of the Act in so far as they are not already in force. These subsections make provision relating to direct payments in lieu of the provision of care services.

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