2000 No. 217 (C. 6)

OSTEOPATHS

The Osteopaths Act 1993 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2000

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. 5) Order 2000.

2

In this Order, “the Act” means the Osteopaths Act 1993.

Appointed Day2

8th March 2000 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the whole of the Act so far as it is not already in force, except—

a

section 1(4) (which introduces Part I of the Schedule) so far as it relates to the paragraphs in the Schedule to the Act referred to in paragraph (d) of this article;

b

section 7(3) (which provides that an osteopath whose registration has been suspended ceases to be a registered osteopath for the purposes of section 32(1));

c

section 32(1) (which provides that a person who describes himself in certain ways is guilty of an offence unless he is a registered osteopath) and section 32(3) so far as it relates to section 32(1); and

d

in the Schedule (the General Council and its Committees), paragraphs 3, 9, 10, 12, 14(1), 14(3)(d), 14(4) and 14(5)(a).

Alan MilburnSecretary of State for Health

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 8th March 2000 the remaining provisions (with certain exceptions) of the Osteopaths Act 1993 (“the Act”).

The provisions not being commenced by the Order relate to offences committed by persons describing themselves as osteopaths or in similar ways without being registered with the General Osteopathic Council (“the GOsC”), and provisions relating to the election and appointment of the Chairman and members of the GOsC after the end of the relevant transitional periods defined in the Act.

(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

1997/34

Section 1(2)

14th January 1997 (partially) and 9th May 1998 (remainder)

1997/34 and 1998/1138

Section 1(3) (partially)

14th January 1997, 1st April 1998 and 9th May 1998

1997/34, 1998/872 and 1998/1138

Section 1(4) (partially)

14th January 1997 and 1st April 1998

1997/34 and 1998/872

Section 1(5) (partially)

1st April 1998 and 5th July 1999

1998/872 and 1999/1767

Section 1(6)

1st April 1998

1998/872

Section 1(7) (partially)

1st April 1998 and 5th July 1999

1998/872 and 1999/1767

Section 1(8)

14th January 1997

1997/34

Section 1(9) (partially)

1st April 1998 and 5th July 1999

1998/872 and 1999/1767

Section 1(10) to (12)

14th January 1997

1997/34

Section 2

14th January 1997 (partially) and 9th May 1998 (remainder)

1997/34 and 1998/1138

Section 3

1st April 1998 (partially) and 9th May 1998 (remainder)

1998/872 and 1998/1138

Section 4

1st April 1998 (partially) and 9th May 1998 (remainder)

1998/872 and 1998/1138

Section 6

1st April 1998 (partially) and 9th May 1998 (remainder)

1998/872 and 1998/1138

Section 7 (partially)

5th July 1999

1999/1767

Section 9 (partially)

9th May 1998

1998/1138

Section 10 (partially)

9th May 1998 and 5th July 1999

1998/1138 and 1999/1767

Section 11

1st April 1998

1998/872

Section 12

9th May 1998

1998/1138

Section 13

1st April 1998

1998/872

Sections 14 to 16

9th May 1998

1998/1138

Section 18

9th May 1998

1998/1138

Section 19

1st April 1998

1998/872

Sections 20 and 21

5th July 1999

1999/1767

Sections 27 and 28

5th July 1999

1999/1767

Section 29

9th May 1998

1998/1138

Section 33

9th May 1998

1998/1138

Section 34

14th January 1997

1997/34

Section 35(1), (2) and (4)

14th January 1997

1997/34

Section 36(1), (2), (4), (5) and (6)

14th January 1997

1997/34

Section 37

1st April 1998

1998/872

Section 38

9th May 1998

1998/1138

Section 39

1st April 1998

1998/872

Section 40

14th January 1997

1997/34

Section 4114th January 1997 (partially), 1st April 1998 (partially) and 5th July 1999 (remainder)

1997/34, 1998/872 and 1999/1767

Section 42

14th January 1997 (partially), and 9th May 1998 (remainder)

1997/34 and 1998/1138

In the Schedule—

in Part I—

paragraphs 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 13 and 14(2)

14th January 1997

1997/34

paragraph 14(3) (partially)

14th January 1997

1997/34

paragraph 14(5) (partially)

1st April 1998

1998/872

paragraph 15

14th January 1997

1997/34

in Part II—

paragraphs 16 to 21 and 23 to 24(1) (partially)

1st April 1998 and 5th July 1999

1998/872 and 1999/1767

paragraph 22 (partially)

5th July 1999

1999/1767

paragraphs 25 to 29

1st April 1998

1998/872

paragraphs 30 to 33

1st April 1998 (partially) and 5th July 1999 (remainder)

1998/872 and 1999/1767

paragraphs 34 to 41 (partially)

1st April 1998

1998/872

Part III

4th January 1997

1997/34