The Health and Personal Social Services (2001 Act) (Commencement No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002

Made10th May 2002

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety1 in exercise of powers conferred on it by section 61(2) of the Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 20012 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and interpretation1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Health and Personal Social Services (2001 Act) (Commencement No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002.

(2)

In this Order:

“the Act” means the Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2001.

Appointed day2.

10th June 2002 is the day appointed for the coming into operation of section 48 of the Act.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 10th May 2002.

A. Hamilton

Senior Officer of the

Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order brings into operation on 10th June 2002 section 48 (evasion of charges, etc) of the Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2001.

(This note is not part of the Order.)

The following provisions of the Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 were brought into operation by the Health and Personal Social Services (2001 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 (S.R. 2001 No. 128 (C.5)) on the following dates:

Provision	Date of Commencement
Sections 23 to 38	2nd April 2001
Sections 41 to 47	2nd April 2001
Sections 50 to 52	2nd April 2001
Section 56 and Schedule 4	2nd April 2001
Section 60(3) and Schedule 5 (partially)	2nd April 2001
Sections 1(1), (3) and (4), Section 2 and Schedule 1	1st June 2001
Sections 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13 and 18 (so far as necessary to allow the Council to make rules and prepare codes of practice)	1st June 2001
Sections 20 to 22	1st June 2001
Section 54(1) and (2)	1st June 2001
Sections 53 and 55, and Schedule 3	2nd July 2001

The following provisions of the Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 were brought into operation by the Health and Personal Social Services (2001 Act) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 (S.R. 2001 No. 324 (C. 16)) on the following dates:

Provision	Date of Commencement
Section 1(2)	1st October 2001
Sections 4 and 5 (for the purpose only of the exercise of any power of the Council to make rules)	1st October 2001
Sections 14, 17 and 19	1st October 2001
Section 54(3)	1st November 2001

The following provisions of the Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 were brought into operation by the Health and Personal Social Services (2001 Act) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 73 (C. 6)) on the following dates:

Provision	Date of Commencement
Section 39 (repeal of law about fund-holding practices)	1st April 2002
Schedule 5 (partially)	1st April 2002