Statutory Instrument 2000 No. 217 (C. 6)

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


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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


2000 No. 217 (C. 6)

OSTEOPATHS

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

  Made 2nd February 2000 

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 42(2) and (4) of the Osteopaths Act 1993[1], hereby makes the following Order: - 

Citation and interpretation
     1.  - (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 Day
    
2. 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 Milburn
Secretary of State for Health

2nd February 2000



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(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.



NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(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


Notes:

[1] 1993 c. 21, amended by the Chiropractors Act 1994 (c. 17), Schedule 2.back



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