1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Services (Proposals for Pilot Schemes) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 27th April 1998.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the Order” means the Health Services (Primary Care) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997;
“request” means a request to a board under Article 6(2) of the Order (requests to a board for preparation of proposals for pilot schemes).