United Kingdom Statutory Instruments

(a) section 54(2) (General Social Care Council);

(b) the following provisions in so far as they relate to the General Social Care Council and are not already in force - 


(i) section 62 (codes of practice);

(ii) section 63 (approval of courses);

(iii) section 66 (visitors for certain social work courses);

(iv) section 71 (rules);



(c) section 67(1) to (4) in so far as it confers functions on the Secretary of State, section 67(5) and section 67(7) in so far as it relates to section 67(5) and to the Secretary of State;

(d) section 55 (interpretation), in so far as it relates to any provision mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) above;

(e) section 113(1), (3) and (4) (default powers of appropriate Minister) in so far as it confers powers on the Secretary of State in relation to the functions of the General Social Care Council.

    (2) 1st April 2002 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 70(1) (abolition of Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work).



Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health


Jacqui Smith
Minister of State, Department of Health

24th March 2002

section 54(2);

sections 62, 63, 66 and 71, in so far as they relate to the General Social Care Council and are not already in force;

section 67 (in part) in so far as it relates to functions conferred on the Secretary of State;

section 55 (interpretation) in so far as relevant to the above provisions;

section 113(1), (3) and (4) in so far as it relates to the default powers of the Secretary of State over the General Social Care Council.

The Order also provides for the coming into force on 1st April 2002 of Section 70(1).

The provisions are commenced in England only.

the Care Standards Act 2000 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2544)(C. 72); and

the Care Standards Act 2000 (Commencement No. 11) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/629)(C. 19);

and in relation to England only by - 

the Care Standards Act 2000 (Commencement No. 1 (England) and Transitional Provisions) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2795)(C. 79);

the Care Standards Act 2000 (Commencement No. 2 (England) and Transitional Provisions) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/290)(C. 17);

the Care Standards Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3) (England) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/731)(C. 26);

the Care Standards Act 2000 (Commencement No. 4) (England) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1193)(C. 39);

the Care Standards Act 2000 (Commencement No. 5) (England) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1210)(C. 41);

the Care Standards Act 2000 (Commencement No. 6) (England) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1536)(C. 55);

the Care Standards Act 2000 (Commencement No. 7 (England) and Transitional, Transitory and Savings Provisions) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2041)(C. 68);

the Care Standards Act 2000 (Commencement No. 8)(England) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3331)(C. 109);

the Care Standards Act 2000 (Commencement No. 9 (England) and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3852)(C. 125); and

the Care Standards Act 2000 (Commencement No. 10 (England) and Transitional, Savings and Amendment Provisions) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/4150)(C. 134).

Provisions of the Act	Date of Commencement	S.I. No.
Sections 1 to 3	20th November 2001 (partially),	2001/3852
	1st January 2002 (partially) and
	1st April 2002
Section 4 (partially)	30th November 2001,	2001/3852
	1st January 2002,
	1st April 2002 and
	1st July 2002
Section 5 (partially)	1st April 2002	2001/3852
Section 6(3) and Schedule 1 (partially)	16th March 2001 and	2001/1193
	9th April 2001
Section 7	1st April 2002	2001/3852
Section 10 (partially)	1st April 2002	2001/3852
Section 11	20th November 2001 (partially) and 1st April 2002	2001/3852
Section 12	30th November 2001 (partially),	2001/3852
	1st January 2002 (partially) and
	1st April 2002
Section 13	1st January 2002 (partially) and 1st April 2002	2001/3852
Sections 14 to 16	20th November 2001 (partially),	2001/3852
	1st January 2002
	and 1st April 2002
Sections 17 to 20	1st April 2002	2001/3852
Section 21	20th November 2001 (partially) and 1st April 2002	2001/3852
Section 22	20th November 2001	2001/3852
Section 23	2nd March 2001 (partially), 1st January 2002 (partially) and 1st April 2002	2001/3852
Section 24	1st April 2002	2001/3852
Section 25	20th November 2001 (partially) and 1st April 2002	2001/3852
Section 26	1st April 2002	2001/3852
Section 27	1st January 2002 (partially) and 1st April 2002	2001/3852
Sections 28 to 30	1st April 2002	2001/3852
Section 31	20th November 2001 (partially),	2001/3852
	1st January 2002 (partially)
	and 1st April 2002
Section 32	1st January 2002 (partially) and 1st April 2002	2001/3852
Sections 33 to 36	20th November 2001 (partially) and 1st April 2002	2001/3852
Section 37	1st April 2002	2001/3852
Section 38	20th November 2001	2001/3852
Section 39	19th February 2001 (partially) and 19th March 2001	2001/290
Section 40	15th October 2000 (partially) and 1st January 2001	2001/2795
Section 41	1st January 2001	2001/2795
Section 43 (partially)	20th November 2001 and 1st April 2002	2001/3852
Section 44 (partially)	1st April 2002	2001/3852
Section 45 (partially)	20th November 2001 and 1st April 2002	2001/3852
Section 46 (partially)	1st April 2002	2001/3852
Sections 47 and 48 (partially)	1st April 2002	2001/3852
Section 49 (partially)	20th November 2001 and 1st April 2002	2001/3852
Sections 50 to 52 (partially)	20th November 2001 and 1st April 2002	2001/3852
Section 53 (partially)	1st April 2002	2001/3852
Section 54 and Schedule 1 (partially)	10th April 2001 and 7th May 2001	2001/1536
Section 55 (partially)	7th May 2001	2001/1536
Section 59 (partially)	7th May 2001	2001/1536
Section 60 (partially)	7th May 2001	2001/1536
Section 62 (partially)	7th May 2001	2001/1536
Section 63 (partially)	7th May 2001	2001/1536
Section 65 (partially)	7th May 2001	2001/1536
Section 66 (partially)	7th May 2001	2001/1536
Section 71 (partially)	7th May 2001	2001/1536
Section 79 and Schedule 3	16th March 2001 (partially) and 2nd July 2001	2001/1210 and 2001/2041
Section 80(8) (partially)	2nd October 2000	2000/2544
Section 94	2nd October 2000	2000/2544
Section 96	15th September 2000 (partially) and 2nd October 2000	2000/2544
Section 98	1st April 2001	2001/1193
Section 99	15th September 2000	2000/2544
Sections 100 and 101	2nd October 2000	2000/2544
Sections 102	25th March 2002	2002/629
Section 103	2nd October 2000	2000/2544
Section 104 (partially)	25th March 2002 and 1st April 2002	2002/629
Section 105	20th November 2001 (partially) and 1st April 2002	2001/3852
Section 106 and 107	1st April 2002	2001/3852
Section 108	20th November 2001 (partially) and 1st April 2002	2001/3852
Section 109 and 110	1st April 2002	2001/3852
Section 111 (partially)	1st July 2002	2001/3852
Section 112	4th October 2001	2001/3331
Section 114	16th March 2001	2001/1210
Section 115	16th March 2001	2001/1210
Section 116 and Schedule 4 (partially)	2nd October 2000,	2000/2544
	1st January 2001,	2000/2795
	2nd July 2001 and	2000/2041
	1st April 2002	2001/3852 and 2001/4150
Section 117 and Schedule 6 (partially)	2nd October 2000,	2000/2544
	4th October 2001,	2001/3331
		2001/3852
	1st April 2002 and	2001/4150
	1st July 2002	2001/3852

Certain provisions of the Act have been brought into force in relation to Wales only by the following statutory instruments - 

S.I. 2000/2992 (W.192) (C. 93)

S.I. 2001/139 (W.5) (C. 7)

S.I. 2001/2190 (W.152) (C. 70)

S.I. 2001/2354 (W.192) (C. 80)

S.I. 2001/2504 (W.205) (C. 82)

S.I. 2001/2538 (W.213) (C. 83)

S.I. 2001/2782 (W. 235) (C. 92).