The Chiropractors Act 1994 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2002

Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 312 (C. 6)

CHIROPRACTORS

The Chiropractors Act 1994 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2002

Made

31st January 2002

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 44(3) of the Chiropractors Act 1994(1), hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Chiropractors Act 1994 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2002.

(2) In this Order—

“the Act” means the Chiropractors Act 1994 and any reference to a section or Schedule is to a section of or Schedule to that Act;

“elected members” means those members of the Council referred to in Schedule 1, Part I, paragraph 1(a);

“education members” means those members of the Council referred to in Schedule 1, Part I, paragraph 1(c ); and

“member appointed by the Secretary of State” means the member referred to in Schedule 1, Part I, paragraph 1(d).

Appointed Day

2.—(1) The day appointed for the coming into force of paragraphs 9, 10 and 14(5)(a) of Schedule 1, and of section 1(4) in so far as it relates to those paragraphs, is 1 February 2002.

(2) The day appointed for the coming into force of paragraphs 3 (in so far as it relates to elected members) and 14(1), (3)(d) and (4) of Schedule 1, and of section 1(4) in so far as it relates to those paragraphs, is 16 June 2002.

(3) The day appointed for the coming into force of paragraph 12 of Schedule 1, and section 1(4) in so far as it relates to that paragraph, is—

(a) for the purposes of enabling consultation on appointments by the Education Committee, 15 February 2003; and

(b) for all other purposes 16 June 2003.

(4) The day appointed for the coming into force of paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 (in so far as it relates to the education members and the member appointed by the Secretary of State), and of section 1(4) in so far as it relates to that paragraph, is 16 June 2003.

(5) The day appointed for the coming into force of section 1(4) and paragraph 3 of Schedule 1, in so far as they are not yet in force, is 16 June 2004.

Alan Milburn

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, Secretary of State for Health

31st January 2002

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force, on 1 February 2002, rule-making powers in paragraphs 10 and 14 of Schedule 1 to the Chiropractors Act 1994, and on 16 June 2002, other provisions of the Act, which relate to the election of members to the General Chiropractic Council and of the Chairman. It brings into force, on later dates, coinciding with the end of transitional periods referred to in Part III of Schedule 1 to the Act, provisions on selection and tenure of certain other categories of Council member.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Act have been brought into force by Commencement Order made before the date of this Order:

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I. No
Section 1(1)	14th August 1998	1998/2031
Section 1(2) (partially)	14th August 1998	1998/2031
(Partially)	13th May 1999	1999/1309
(Partially)	15th June 1999	1999/1496
(Partially)	7th September 2000	2000/2388
Section 1(3) (partially)	14th August 1998	1998/2031
(Partially)	13th May 1999	1999/1309
(Partially)	15th June 1999	1999/1496
(Partially)	7th September 2000	2000/2388
Section 1(4) (partially)	14th August 1998	1998/2031
(Partially)	13th May 1999	1999/1309
Section 1(5), (6) and (7) (partially)	13th May 1999	1999/1309
(remainder)	7th September 2000	2000/2388
Section 1(8)	14th August 1998	1998/2031
Section 1(9) (partially)	13th May 1999	1999/1309
(remainder)	7th September 2000	2000/2388
Section 1(10), (11) and (12)	14th August 1998	1998/2031
Section 2, except for subsection (3)	14th August 1998	1998/2031
subsection (3)	15th June 1999	1999/1496
Sections 3, 4 and 6	15th June 1999	1999/1496
Section 7 (partially)	7th September 2000	2000/2388
(remainder)	7th May 2001	2001/2028
Section 8 (partially)	7th September 2000	2000/2388
Section 9	15th June 1999	1999/1496
Section 10 (partially)	15th June 1999	1999/1496
(remainder)	7th September 2000	2000/2388
Sections 11 to 16	13th May 1999	1999/1309
Section 18	13th May 1999	1999/1309
Section 19	15th June 1999	1999/1496
Sections 20 to 28	7th September 2000	2000/2388
Section 29	15th June 1999	1999/1496
Sections 30 and 31	7th September 2000	2000/2388
Section 32 (partially)	7th September 2000	2000/2388
(remainder)	7th May 2001	2001/2028
Section 33	13th May 1999	1999/1309
Section 34	14th August 1998	1998/2031
Section 35, except for subsection (3)	14th August 1998	1998/2031
subsection (3)	7th September 2000	2000/2388
Section 36, except for subsection (3)	14th August 1998	1998/2031
subsection (3)	15th June 1999	1999/1496
Sections 37, 38 and 40	15th June 1999	1999/1496
Section 39	13th May 1999	1999/1309
Section 41	14th August 1998	1998/2031
Section 43 (partially)	14th August 1998	1998/2031
(Partially)	13th May 1999	1999/1309
(Partially)	15th June 1999	1999/1496
(Partially)	7th September 2000	2000/2388
Section 44 (partially)	14th August 1998	1998/2031
(Partially)	13th May 1999	1999/1309
(remainder)	15th June 1999	1999/1496
In Schedule 1—
in Part I, paragraphs 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6	14th August 1998	1998/2031
paragraph 7	13th May 1999	1999/1309
paragraphs 8, 11, 13, 14(2) and 14(3) (partially)	14th August 1998	1998/2031
paragraph 14(5)(b)	13th May 1999	1999/1309
paragraph 15	14th August 1998	1998/2031
in Part II, paragraphs 16 and 17; and paragraphs 18 to 20, 21(2) and 22 to 23 (partially); and paragraphs 25 to 29	13th May 1999	1999/1309
Part II (remainder)	7th September 2000	2000/2388
Part III	14th August 1998	1998/2031

(1)

1994 c. 17.