Citation, commencement, extent and application

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the National Health Service (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Order 2006 and shall come into force (in accordance with section 36(3) of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002) immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force.

(2) This Order extends to England and Wales only.

(3) Paragraphs 3, 11(a) and (c), 17, 18, 20, 21 and 31 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order apply in relation to England only.