PART 3Provisions relating to the dissolution of the Hearing Aid Council

Appointed day for provisions relating to the dissolution of the Hearing Aid Council4.

(1)

1st April 2010 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the 2008 Act―

(a)

section 123(2);

(b)

section 166, in so far as it relates to the provisions of Part 2 of Schedule 15 commenced by sub-paragraph (c); and

(c)

the entries in Part 2 of Schedule 15 relating to the 1968 Act, the Extension Act and the Amendment Act,

except in so far as relating to sections 1(1) and (7) and 12 of, and the Schedule to, the 1968 Act.

(2)

1st August 2010 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the 2008 Act—

(a)

section 123(1);

(b)

section 123(2), in so far as not already in force;

(c)

section 166, in so far as it relates to the provisions of Part 2 of Schedule 15 commenced by sub-paragraph (d); and

(d)

the entries in Part 2 of Schedule 15 relating to—

(i)

the 1968 Act, in so far as not already in force,

(ii)

the Extension Act, in so far as not already in force,

(iii)

the Supreme Court Act 19815,

(iv)

the Amendment Act, in so far as not already in force,

(v)

the Courts and Legal Services Act 19906,

(vi)

the Value Added Tax Act 19947,

(vii)

the Freedom of Information Act 20008,

(viii)

the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 20039, and

(ix)

the Constitutional Reform Act 200510.

(3)

In this article―

(a)

“the 1968 Act” means the Hearing Aid Council Act 196811;

(b)

“the Extension Act” means the Hearing Aid Council (Extension) Act 197512; and

(c)

“the Amendment Act” means the Hearing Aid Council (Amendment) Act 198913.