(This note is not part of the Order)
The Order brings into force, on 1st April 2004, section 4(d) of the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 which provides for the dissolution of the Scottish Medical Practices Committee. The Order also brings into force on that date those provisions of schedule 4 (miscellaneous provision) which make provision in connection with the dissolution of the Scottish Medical Practices Committee.