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The National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1990

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2.—(1) 5th July 1990 is the day appointed for the coming into force of each provision of the Act specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order.

(2) 25th July 1990 is the day appointed for the coming into force of subsections (4)(a) and (5) of section 1 of the Act (members of Health Authorities to cease to be members) so far as those subsections have effect for the purposes of Regional Health Authorities.

(3) 26th July 1990 is the day appointed for the coming into force of—

(a)section 1(1)(a) (Regional and District Health Authorities) and section 59(1) (Parliamentary disqualification) of the Act as they have effect in relation to Regional Health Authorities,

(b)paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act and section 1(2) of the Act so far as it relates to that paragraph and to paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to the 1977 Act, and

(c)paragraphs 6, 8 and 9 of Schedule 1 to the Act and paragraphs 7 and 10 of that Schedule so far as they have effect for the purposes of Regional Health Authorities and section 1(3) of the Act so far as it relates to each of those paragraphs.

(4) 16th September 1990 is the day appointed for the coming into force of—

(a)section 1(4)(a) and (5) of the Act so far as not previously in force,

(b)section 1(4)(b) of the Act (members of certain special health authorities to cease to be members), and

(c)section 2(5) of the Act (members of Family Practitioner Committees to cease to be members).

(5) 17th September 1990 is the day appointed—

(a)for the coming into force of each provision of the Act specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order, and

(b)for the coming into force of sections 1, 2 and 59(1) of and Schedule 1 to the Act so far as not previously in force.

(6) 1st October 1990 is the day appointed for the coming into force of—

(a)section 20 of the Act (extension of functions etc. of Audit Commission to cover the health service) so far as not previously in force,

(b)Schedule 4 to the Act (amendments of Part III of the Local Government Finance Act 1982(1)), so far as not previously in force, and

(c)section 66(2) of and Schedule 10 to the Act (repeals) so far as they relate to section 98(1)(b) and (3) of the 1977 Act and the Local Government and Housing Act 1989(2).

(7) 1st January 1991 is the day appointed for the coming into force of—

(a)Section 12(4) of the Act (recognition by Secretary of State of certain local committees),

(b)section 22 of the Act (the Medical Practices Committee),

(c)section 23 of the Act (distribution of general medical services), and

(d)section 66(2) of and Schedule 10 to the Act so far as they relate to section 33(7) of the 1977 Act.

(8) 1st April 1991 is the day appointed for the coming into force of each provision of the Act specified in column 1 of Schedule 3 to this Order and of section 26 of the Act (interpretation of Part I) so far as not previously in force.

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