Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009

2

Commencement.

2.— This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister may appoint by order or orders either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision, and different days may be so appointed for different purposes and different provisions.

Annotations

Editorial Notes:

E1

Power pursuant to section exercised (27.10.2009) by Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009 (Commencement) (Remaining Provisions) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 423 of 2009).

3. The 27th day of October 2009 is appointed as the day on which the provisions of the Act of 2009, in so far as not already in operation, come into operation.

E2

Power pursuant to section exercised (5.10.2009) by Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009 (Commencement) (Care Representatives and Regulations) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 381 of 2009).

3. The 5th day of October 2009 is appointed as the day on which the following provisions of the Act of 2009 come into operation:

(a) section 3, in so far as not already in operation;

(b) sections 21 and 22, and

(c) section 36.

E3

Power pursuant to section exercised (28.09.2009) by Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009 (Commencement) (Specified Forms) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 394 of 2009).

3. The 28th day of September 2009 is appointed as the day on which section 44 of the Act of 2009 comes into operation.

E4

Power pursuant to section exercised (3.07.2009) by Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009 (Commencement) (Certain Provisions) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 256 of 2009).

3. The 3 day of July 2009 is appointed as the day on which the following provisions of the Act of 2009 come into operation:

(a) the definitions of “approved nursing home” and “long-term residential care services” in section 3 in so far as those definitions relate to—

(i) section 40 of the Act of 2009, and

(ii) the National Treatment Purchase Fund Board (Establishment) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 179 of 2004) (as amended by section 41 of the Act of 2009), and

(b) sections 40 and 41.