Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

England and Wales

(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 ^f1.

(2)

In this Order, the “2012 Act” means the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 1 in force at 1.1.2014, see art. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: Section 86 was commenced for limited purposes by section 306(1)(d) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and article 2(3) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Commencement No.5, Transitional, Savings and Transitory Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/671 (C.28)).