This Order may be cited as the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (Commencement No. 3) (Wales) Order 2002.

In this Order—

• “the Act” means the Health and Social Care Act 2001;

• “the 1977 Act” means the National Health Service Act 19772;

• “concluded” in relation to a case falling within article 2(2) means that the NHS Tribunal has given its decision and—

  1. a

     any period within which an appeal may be made has expired,

  2. b

     an appeal is withdrawn, or

  3. c

     all rights of appeal have been exhausted

  as the case may be;

• “pharmacist case” means a case before the NHS Tribunal in relation to a person undertaking to provide pharmaceutical services under Part II of the 1977 Act; and

• “the NHS Tribunal” means the tribunal constituted under section 46 of the 1977 Act.

This Order applies to Wales only.