The Health Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1) (Scotland) Order 2007
Made
16th January 2007
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 83(2)(b) of the Health Act 2006(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:
This Order commences for Scotland section 73 of the Health Act 2006 (“the Act”). Section 73 of the Act amends section 153 of Part 3 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (“the 2003 Act”) by substituting new wording for section 153(9).
This Order also commences for Scotland paragraph 55 of Schedule 8 of the Act, and section 80(1) of the Act so far as relates to that paragraph. These provisions amend section 150(7)(d) of the 2003 Act by substituting sub paragraph (ii) to refer to the current sections of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 which relate to primary medical services and personal and general dental services.
NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS
(This note is not part of the Order)
The provisions of the Health Act 2006 (“the Act”) listed in the table below applying to Scotland have been brought into force by a commencement order made before the date of this Order.
Sections 17 to 25 of the Act (supervision of management and use of controlled drugs) will be brought into force for Scotland, in so far as they are not already in force, on 1st March 2007 by S.I. 2006/3125.
Other provisions of the Act relating to England, Wales and Northern Ireland have also been brought into force by these Commencement Orders.
Section 83(1)(a) and (b) of the Act commenced sections 75, 79, 80(3) to (8), and 81 to 84, which extend to Scotland, on 19th July 2006.
Section 83(1)(e) of the Act commenced any other provision of the Act (except for section 36(2)) so far as it confers power to make an order or regulations, or defines any expression relevant to the exercise of any such power, on 19th July 2006.
