The Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2010

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force further provisions of the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 13) (“the Act”).

Article 3(a) appoints 20th May 2010 as the day for the coming into force of sections 15 (arrangements for the provision of general dental services) and 17 (lists of persons undertaking to provide or approved to assist in the provision of general dental services) of the Act, but only for the purpose of making regulations under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (“the 1978 Act”).

Article 3(b) appoints 2nd July 2010 as the day for the coming into force of the remainder of sections 15 and 17, and for bringing into force section 26(3)(b) and schedule 2, paragraphs 2(3), (16) and 19(b), and 3(c) (minor and consequential amendments) to, the Act.

Article 3(b) also appoints 2nd July 2010 as the day for the coming into force of section 26(2)(c)(ii) and (e)(ii), 26(3)(c), sections 42(1) and (2) (bringing into force provisions in schedule 2) and schedule 2, paragraph 15 of the Act, but only for the purposes specified in column 3 of Schedule 2. The purposes specified in column 3 of Schedule 2 relate to the amendments made by section 17 of the Act to section 25(2) of the Act relating to the lists to be prepared and maintained by Health Boards of persons undertaking to provide or approved to assist in the provision of general dental services, or in the case of section 42 to the commencement of the commenced paragraphs of schedule 2 and 3 that are introduced by that section.

Article 3(b) also brings into force on 2nd July 2010 schedule 3 of the Act but only for the purpose of the repeals specified in the table to Schedule 2.