(This note is not part of the Order.)
The following provisions of the 1997 Order have been brought into operation by the Health Services (Primary Care) (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 (S.R. 1997 No. 524 (C. 31)):
Provision	Date of Commencement
Article 1	12th January 1998
Article 2	12th January 1998
Article 3	12th January 1998
Article 4	12th January 1998
Article 5	12th January 1998
Article 6	12th January 1998
Article 7	12th January 1998
Article 8	12th January 1998
Article 11	12th January 1998
Article 14(1) and (3) to (8)	12th January 1998
Article 17	12th January 1998
Article 18	12th January 1998
Article 27	12th January 1998
Article 28	12th January 1998
Article 29	12th January 1998
Article 30	12th January 1998
Article 31	12th January 1998
Article 32(3) and (4)	12th January 1998
The following provisions of the 1997 Order have been brought into operation by the Health Services (Primary Care) (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 (S.R. 1998 No. 301 (C. 13)):
Provision	Date of Commencement
Article 9	1st April 1999
Article 10	1st April 1999
Article 12	1st April 1999
Article 13	1st April 1999
Article 14(2) and (9)	1st April 1999
Article 16	1st April 1999
Article 19	1st April 1999
Article 20	1st April 1999
Article 23	1st April 1999
Article 24	1st April 1999
Article 32(2) and Schedule 3	1st April 1999
Schedule 1	1st April 1999
Article 32(1) of, and Schedule 2 to, the 1997 Order, in so far as those provisions relate to the amendment to Articles 63(1) and 64(2) of the 1972 Order	1st September 1998
Article 32(1) of, and Schedule 2 to, the 1997 Order, in so far as those provisions relate to the amendment to Article 8 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991	1st November 1998
Article 32(1) of, and those provisions of Schedule 2 to, the 1997 Order not already in operation, or otherwise brought into operation by this Order, with the exception of – (a) the insertion in Article 2(2) of the 1972 Order of the definitions of “health services body”, “medical lists”, “personal dental services”, “personal medical services” and “statutory provision”; and (b) the amendments to Articles 10 and 17(1) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.	1st April 1999
The following provisions of the 1997 Order have been brought into operation by the Health Services (Primary Care) (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999 No. 71 (C. 8)):
Provision	Date of Commencement
Amendment to Article 3 of the Health Services (Primary Care) (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998	1st April 1999