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(1) This Order may be cited as the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (Commencement No. 10) (England) Order 2002.
(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Health and Social Care Act 2001.
(3) This Order applies to England only.
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(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the appointed day for the coming into force of section 2 of the Act is 30th September 2002.
(2) Section 2 shall come into force for the purposes of the year ending with 31st March 2003 and subsequent years.
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12th September 2002 is the appointed day for the coming into force of sections 5 and 18 of the Act.
David Cammy
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department of Health
11th September 2002