The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Commencement No. 18) Order 2013

Made: 28th January 2013

The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 170(3) and (4) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008[^f00001].

Citation

1

This Order may be cited as the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Commencement No. 18) Order 2013.

Appointed day for provisions relating to pharmaceutical remuneration

2

1st April 2013 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Health and Social Care Act 2008—

• (a) section 141(1);

• (b) section 166, in so far as it relates to the repeals mentioned in paragraph (c); and

• (c) the entries in Part 4 of Schedule 15 that relate to section 164(5) of the National Health Service Act 2006[^f00002] (remuneration for persons providing pharmaceutical services).

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.

Anna Soubry — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, — Department of Health — 28th January 2013

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The determining authorities for pharmaceutical remuneration paid to providers of pharmaceutical services in England are the Secretary of State and such other persons as the Secretary of State may appoint. This Order brings into force on 1st April 2013 the provisions of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 that require the instrument of appointment to be contained in regulations, if the remuneration to be determined relates to providing particular pharmaceutical services.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2008 c.14. Section 171(2) of that Act contains a definition of “appropriate authority”, which is relevant to the powers being exercised.

[^f00002]: 2006 c. 41.

[^f00003]: The list does not include commencements by the Welsh Ministers of provisions only in relation to Wales. See the note as to earlier commencement orders at the end of S.I. 2011/986 (W. 143) (C. 39), which lists those commencements.