Appointed days
2.—(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.