Statutory Instruments
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
18th December 2002
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 42(3) of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002(1) and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2002.
(2) This Order applies to England only, apart from article 2(2)(d) which applies to England and Wales.
2.—(1) 1st January 2003 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 specified in paragraph (2).
(2) The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are—
(a)section 20 and Schedule 6 (The Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health);
(b)section 21 (overview and scrutiny committees);
(c)paragraph 2 of Schedule 8 (minor and consequential amendments) and, in so far as they relate to that paragraph, paragraph 1 of that Schedule and section 37(1);
(d)section 37(2) and Schedule 9 (repeals) in so far as they relate to the repeal in Part 3 of that Schedule of paragraphs 71(3), 73 and 75 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997(2).
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
David Lammy
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
18th December 2002
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order is the third commencement order made by the Secretary of State under the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (“the Act”). One order has also been made by the National Assembly for Wales.
Article 2 brings into force on 1st January 2003:
(a)section 20 of and Schedule 6 to the Act which are concerned with the establishment for England of the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health;
(b)section 21 of the Act which extends the regulation-making power in respect of overview and scrutiny committees contained in section 7 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001;
(c)an amendment to section 29 of the National Health Service Act 1977 (arrangements and regulations for general medical services) to change the reference to interim suspension of a medical practitioner under the Medical Act 1983; and
(d)repeals of three pre-consolidation amendments in Schedule 2 to the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997.
(This note is not part of the Order)
| Provision | Date of Commencement | S.I. No. |
|---|---|---|
a Note: the date for commencement of those provisions marked with an asterisk has not yet been reached. | ||
Section 1 (partially) (remainder) | 2nd September 2002 1st October 2002 | |
Section 2 (partially) (remainder) | 2nd September 2002 1st October 2002 | |
Section 3(1) (partially) (partially) | 2nd September 2002 1st October 2002 | |
| Section 3(2) | 2nd September 2002 | 2002/2202 |
Section 3(3) (partially) (remainder) | 2nd September 2002 1st October 2002 | |
| Section 3(4) | 1st October 2002 | 2002/2478 |
| Section 3(5)(a) and (b) | 2nd September 2002 | 2002/2202 |
| Sections 4 and 5 | 1st October 2002 | 2002/2478 |
| Section 6 | 10th October 2002 | 2002/2532 |
| Sections 7 and 8 | 1st October 2002 | 2002/2478 |
| Section 9 | 10th October 2002 | 2002/2532 |
Section 10 as to England as to Wales | 1st October 2002 10th October 2002 | |
| Section 23 as to Wales | 10th October 2002 | 2002/2532 |
| Section 24 | 10th October 2002 | 2002/2532 |
| Section 25 (partially) | 27th August 2002 | 2002/2202 |
| Section 25 (partially) | 1st December 2002 | 2002/2202 |
| Section 25 (remainder)a | 1st April 2003 | 2002/2202 |
| Section 26a | 1st April 2003 | 2002/2202 |
| Section 27a | 1st April 2003 | 2002/2202 |
| Section 29a | 1st April 2003 | 2002/2202 |
| Section 35 | 1st October 2002 | 2002/2478 |
| Schedule 1, paragraphs 1 (partially), 3,4,6,7 and 19 | 2nd September 2002 | 2002/2202 |
| Schedule 1 (remainder) | 1st October 2002 | 2002/2478 |
| Schedule 2, paragraphs 31 and 32 | 2nd September 2002 | 2002/2202 |
| Schedule 2, remainder apart from paragraphs 16(6) and 17(4) and (5) and paragraph 1 in so far as it relates to those paragraphs | 1st October 2002 | 2002/2478 |
| Schedule 3 | 1st October 2002 | 2002/2478 |
| Schedule 7, paragraphs 4-6, 22 and 23 | 27th August 2002 | 2002/2202 |
| Schedule 7, paragraphs 1-3, 7-15, 16(1) and (2), 17-21 and 24 | 1st December 2002 | 2002/2202 |
| Schedule 7 (remainder)a | 1st April 2003 | 2002/2202 |
Schedule 8 (and section 37(1) in so far as it relates to the paragraphs specified below) Paragraphs 1 (partially), 4 to 7, 12, 18, 20, 21, 22 (partially), 23 to 27, 28 (partially), 29 and 31 to 37. | 1st October 2002 | 2002/2478 |
| Paragraphs 1 (partially), 3, 8, 9 and 22 (remainder) as to England. | 1st October 2002 | 2002/2478 |
| Paragraphs 1 (partially), 2, 3, 8, 9 and 22 (remainder) as to Wales. | 10th October 2002 | 2002/2532 |
Schedule 9 (partially) (partially as to England) (partially as to Wales) | 1st October 2002 1st October 2002 10th October 2002 | |
2002 c. 17. See section 42(4) for the definition of “appropriate authority”.