Appointed days2
1
1st April 1998 is the day appointed for the coming into force (subject to articles 3, 4 and 5) of—
a
the provisions of the Act specified in column (1) of Schedule 1 to this Order, either fully or, if an extent is so specified, to that extent (the subject matter of each provision being mentioned in column (2) of that Schedule); and
b
the provisions of Part I of Schedule 2 to the Act (minor and consequential amendments) specified in column (1) of Schedule 2 to this Order, either fully or, if an extent is specified in column (2) of that Schedule, to that extent.
2
11th May 1998 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 16 of the Act (NHS contracts) in so far as it is not already in force.