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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2012-commencement-no-7-and-transitory-provision-order-2014/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2012-commencement-no-7-and-transitory-provision-order-2014/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/39",
  "legislation_title": "The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitory Provision) Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2012-commencement-no-7-and-transitory-provision-order-2014",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement of provisions",
  "text": "(1) Insofar as they are not already in force, the following provisions of the Act are to come into force in accordance with this Order.\n(2) 1st March 2014 is the day appointed for the coming into force of—\nsection 124 (local modifications of prices agreements);\nsection 125 (local modifications of prices: applications); and\nsection 126 (applications under section 125: notification of commissioners).\n(3) 1st April 2014 is the day appointed for the coming into force of—\nsection 81(requirement for health service providers to be licensed);\nsection 83 (exemption regulations);\nsection 84 (exemption regulations: supplementary);\nsection 87 (grant or refusal of licence);\nsection 90 (right to make representations);\nsection 91 (notice of decisions);\nsection 92 (appeals to the Tribunal);\nsection 96 (limits on Monitor’s functions to set or modify licence conditions);\nsection 104(2)(c) and (d) (power to require documents and information), and (4)(b) insofar as it relates to Monitor’s functions under section 144(6) of the Act in respect of a review published pursuant to section 144(3)(b);\nsection 105 (discretionary requirements);\nsection 106 (enforcement undertakings);\nsection 115 (price payable by commissioners for NHS services);\nsection 117(4) and (5) (the national tariff: further provision);\nsection 118 (consultation on proposals for the national tariff);\nsection 119 (consultation: further provision);\nsection 120 (responses to consultation);\nsection 121 (determination on reference under section 120);\nsection 122 (changes following determination on reference under section 120);\nsection 123 (power to veto changes proposed under section 122);\nsection 288 (Monitor: duty to co-operate with Care Quality Commission);\nsection 289 (Care Quality Commission: duty to co-operate with Monitor); and\nSchedule 12 (procedure on references under section 120).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See section 306(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7) (“the Act”) for the provisions which came into force on the day the Act was passed, and S.I. 2012/1319 (C. 47), 2012/1831 (C. 71), 2012/2657 (C. 107), 2013/160 (C. 9), 2013/671 (C. 28) and 2013/2896 (C.117) for provisions of the Act which came into force by Order on earlier dates."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/39/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:29:46.261457+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."
}