# The National Health Service Reform (Scotland) Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2004, Article 2: Appointed day


The days appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the National Health Service Reform (Scotland) Act 2004 are:–
(a) 1st September 2004, for:–
(i) section 1(1), but only for the purpose of providing in that Act that the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 shall be referred to as “the 1978 Act”;
(ii) section 2, but only for the purpose of enabling the Scottish Ministers to make regulations under section 4B(6) of the 1978 Act;
(b) 30th September 2004, for:–
(i) sections 1(2) and (3), 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7;
(ii) section 2, so far as it is not already in force;
(iii) section 11(1), so far as relating to schedule 1, paragraph 1(1), (2), (3) and (6); and
(iv) schedule 1, paragraph 1(1), (2), (3) and (6);
(c) 1st January 2005, for section 9; and
(d) 1st February 2005, for section 8.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/361/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-reform-scotland-act-2004-commencement-no-2-order-2004/article-2
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