1998 No. 1138 (C.26)
The Osteopaths Act 1993 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1998
Made
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 42(2) and (4) of the Osteopaths Act 19931, hereby makes the following Order.
Citation and interpretation1
1
This Order may be cited as the Osteopaths Act 1993 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1998.
2
In this Order, “the Act” means the Osteopaths Act 1993.
Appointed Day2
9th May 1998 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act and, save as provided below, those provisions shall come into force on that day for all purposes—
a
in section 1 (the General Osteopathic Council and its committees)
i
subsection (2), so far as not already in force; and
ii
subsection (3), so far as it relates to the other provisions of the Act brought into force by this Order;
b
section 2 (registrar of osteopaths), section 3 (full registration), section 4 (conditional registration) and section 6 (registration: supplemental provision), so far as not yet in force;
c
section 9 (access to the register)2, with the exception of subsection (1C);
d
section 10(1) (fraud or error in relation to registration);
e
the following sections—
i
section 12 (visitors);
ii
section 14 (recognition of qualifications);
iii
section 15 (recognition of qualifications: supplemental);
iv
section 16 (withdrawal of recognition);
v
section 18 (information to be given by institutions);
vi
section 29 (appeals against decisions of the registrar);
vii
section 33 (competition and anti-competitive practices); and
viii
section 38 (data protection and access to personal health information); and
f
section 42 (short title, commencement, transitional provisions and extent), so far as not yet in force.
(This note is not part of the Order)
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Act have been brought into force by commencement order made before the date of this Order:
Provision | Date of Commencement | S.I.No. |
---|---|---|
Section 1(1) | 14th January 1997 | |
Section 1(2) (partially) | 14th January 1997 | |
Section 1(3) (partially) | 14th January 1997 and 1st April 1998 | |
Section 1(4) (partially) | 14th January 1997 and 1st April 1998 | |
Section 1(5) (partially) | 1st April 1998 | |
Section 1(6) | 1st April 1998 | |
Section 1(7) (partially) | 1st April 1998 | |
Section 1(8) | 14th January 1997 | |
Section 1(9) (partially) | 1st April 1998 | |
Section 1(10) to (12) | 14th January 1997 | |
Section 2(1), (2), (4), (5) and (6) | 14th January 1997 | |
Section 3 (partially) | 1st April 1998 | |
Section 4 (partially) | 1st April 1998 | |
Section 6 (partially) | 1st April 1998 | |
Section 11 | 1st April 1998 | |
Section 13 | 1st April 1998 | |
Section 19 | 1st April 1998 | |
Section 34 | 14th January 1997 | |
Section 35(1), (2) and (4) | 14th January 1997 | |
Section 36(1), (2), (4), (5) and (6) | 14th January 1997 | |
Section 37 | 1st April 1998 | |
Section 39 | 1st April 1998 | |
Section 40 | 14th January 1997 | |
Section 41 (partially) | 14th January 1997 and 1st April 1998 | |
Section 42(1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) | 14th January 1997 | |
Section 42(7) (partially) | 14th January 1997 | |
In the Schedule— | ||
in Part I—
| 14th January 1997 | |
| 14th January 1997 | |
| 1st April 1998 | |
| 14th January 1997 | |
in Part II—
| 1st April 1998 | |
| 1st April 1998 | |
| 1st April 1998 | |
Part III | 14th January 1997 |