# The National Health Service (Approval of Licensing Criteria) Order 2013, Article 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation

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(1) This Order may be cited as the National Health Service (Approval of Licensing Criteria) Order 2013 and comes into force immediately after section 86 (licensing criteria) of the 2012 Act comes fully into force .
(2) In this Order, the “2012 Act” means the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2960/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-approval-of-licensing-criteria-order-2013/article-1
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