2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), 26th August 2002 is the day appointed for the coming into force of each provision of the Act specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order.
(2) The day appointed for the coming into force of each provision of the Act specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order in relation to cases falling within paragraph (3) is the date 14 days after the date on which the last such case is concluded.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2) the cases are those—
(a)where proceedings in the case (other than a pharmacist case) commenced before the NHS Tribunal under the 1977 Act before 1st July 2002 but the case is not concluded until after 26th August 2002, or
(b)in a pharmacist case, where proceedings in the case commenced before the NHS Tribunal before the coming into force of the first regulations made under section 42 of the 1977 Act after the commencement of section 20(6) of the Act.