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).