The National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional Provision) Order 1990

• Citation: S.I. 1990/2218
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional Provision) Order 1990.

(2) In this Order —

(a) “ the Act ” means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, and

(b) “the 1948 Act ” means the National Assistance Act 1948 .

Section 2 Day appointed

1st April 1991 is the day appointed for the coming into force of each provision of the Act specified in Column 1 of the Schedule to this Order.

Section 3 Transitional provision

Section 54 of the 1948 Act (inquiries for the purposes of that Act) shall continue to apply so far as the purposes of that Act relate to persons under the age of eighteen until section 81 of the Children Act 1989 comes into force.