1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the NHS Commissioning Board Authority (Abolition and Transfer of Staff, Property and Liabilities) and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2012.
(2) This Order comes into force—
(a)for the purposes of article 10 and Schedule 4, on 1st October 2012; and
(b)for all other purposes, immediately after the coming into force of section 1H(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006(1).
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), this Order extends to England and Wales only.
(4) Any amendment made by Part 3 of this Order has the same extent as the provision amended.
(5) The following provisions apply in relation to England only—
(a)articles 2 to 8 and Schedule 2;
(b)paragraphs 2, 3, 15, 16 and 17 of Schedule 3; and
(c)paragraphs 2, 4, 6 to 8, 11, 12, 16, 21, 22 and 23 of Schedule 4.
Section 1H(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006 is inserted by section 9 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.