1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Health Services (Primary Care) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997.
(2) This Order shall come into operation on such day or days as the Department may by order appointF1.
(3) The Department may not make an order under paragraph (2) bringing Article 21 into operation unless it is satisfied, having regard in particular to reviews of pilot schemes which have been conducted under Article 9, that it would be in the interests of any part of the [F2health care] to bring Article 21 into operation.
(4) An order under paragraph (2) may contain such transitional provisions or savings as the Department considers appropriate.
(5) [F3An] [F4HSC trust] is to be taken as having, at any time before the coming into operation of any provision of this Order, power to prepare for that coming into operation.
F1partly exercised by SR 1997/524;1998/301;2004/133
F2Words in Order substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), ss. 32, 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(b) (with Sch. 6 para. 1(3)); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2
F3Word in art. 1(5) substituted (1.4.2022) by Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 172; S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)
F4Words in Order substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), ss. 32, 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(d) (with Sch. 6 para. 1(3)); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2