2.—(1) For the purposes only of enabling an application for registration to be made under section 23(3) of the 1984 Act, 19th February 2001 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 39 (temporary extension of meaning of “nursing home”) of the Act.
(2) 19th March 2001 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 39 of the Act in so far as it is not already in force.