2.—(1) The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act which are specified in this Article shall be 1st August 1981.
(2) The provisions which are specified as aforesaid are:—
(a)section 16 and Schedule 4, and
(b)in Schedule 7, the repeals in the Nursing Homes Registration (Scotland) Act 1938, the Nursing Homes Act 1975 and the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 (and section 25(4) so far as it relates to those repeals).