2014 No. 202 (C. 16)
National Health Service

The Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2014

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 72(2) of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 20141.

Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2014 and comes into force on 25th July 2014.

(2)

In this Order, “the Act” means the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014.

Day appointed2.

The day appointed for the coming into force of section 64 of the Act (Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service: residual liabilities) is 25th July 2014.

MICHAEL MATHESON
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force an amendment to section 2(1) of the National Health Service (Residual Liabilities) Act 1996 made by section 64 of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 (‘the Act’). The effect of the amendment is to extend provision for the transfer of residual liabilities of Scottish health service bodies to the Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service. The Common Services Agency is constituted under section 10 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978. The Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 1st April 2014. Sections 1(3) to (16), 5, 49, 53, 68 to 70, 72 and 73 came into force the following day.