2.—(1) 27th August 2002 is the day appointed for the coming into force of paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 22 and 23 of Schedule 7 to the Act (the Council for the Regulation of Health Care Professionals) and section 25 of the Act (the Council for the Regulation of Health Care Professionals) in so far as it relates to those paragraphs.
(2) 1st December 2002 is the day appointed for the coming into force of—
(a)section 25 of the Act for the purposes of enabling the Council for the Regulation of Health Care Professionals to prepare for the exercise of any functions which may be exercisable under section 26, 27 or 29 of, or Schedule 7 to, the Act; and
(b)Schedule 7 to the Act, in so far as it is not already in force, except paragraph 16(3) and (4), and for that purpose section 25 of the Act.
(3) 1st April 2003 is the day appointed for the coming into force of—
(a)section 25 of the Act, in so far as it is not already in force;
(b)section 26 of the Act (powers and duties of the Council: general);
(c)section 27 of the Act (regulatory bodies and the Council);
(d)section 29 of the Act (references of disciplinary cases by the Council to the court); and
(e)paragraph 16(3) and (4) of Schedule 7 to the Act.