SOCIAL CARE, ENGLAND Citation, interpretation and application 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Care Standards Act 2000 (Commencement No.17 (England) and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2003. 2 In this Order— “existing agency” means an adoption society which is approved under Part I of the 1976 Act; “existing provider” means a person who carries on an existing agency; “the Act” means the Care Standards Act 2000; “the 1976 Act” means the Adoption Act 1976. 3 This Order applies to England only. 4 In article 3 any reference to a section is a reference to a section of the Act, and any reference to a Schedule is, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a Schedule of the Act. The Schedule 2 The Schedule to this Order, which makes transitional provision, shall have effect. Appointed days 3 1 This article shall have effect subject to the Schedule to this Order. 2 24th February 2003 is the day appointed for the coming into force of— a for the purpose only of the exercise of any power to make regulations— i sections 43(1) to (3)(a), 45(4) and 51(1) in so far as they relate to relevant adoption functions; ii section 116 and Schedule 4, in so far as they relate to paragraphs 5(2)(b), (6)(a) to (c); and b for the purpose only of issuing statements of national minimum standards relating to the exercise of relevant adoption functions by local authorities, section 49(1). 3 25th February 2003 is the day appointed for the coming into force of, for the purposes specified in paragraph (4), the following subsections of section 4— a subsection (7); b subsection (9) in so far as it relates to a voluntary adoption agency; and c subsection (1) in so far as it relates to those subsections. 4 The following purposes are specified— a to enable the Commission to consider or obtain information— i about an existing provider for the purposes of paragraph 2 (registration in respect of existing agencies) of the Schedule to this Order; ii in relation to an application which is to be determined by the Commission by virtue of paragraph 6 (transfer of applications for approval — applications for approval) of the Schedule to this Order; b to enable the Commission to determine an application for registration for the purposes of Part II of the Act in respect of a voluntary organisation that is not an existing agency, except for the purpose of enabling any effect to be given to the determination of such an application before 30th April 2003. 5 30th April 2003 is the day appointed for the coming into force of— a in so far as they are not already in force the following subsections of section 4— i subsection (7); ii subsection (9) in so far as it relates to a voluntary adoption agency; and iii subsection (1) in so far as it relates to those subsections; b sections 43, 44, 45, 46(1) to (6), (7)(c) and (d) and (8), 47, 49, 51 and 53 in so far as they relate to relevant adoption functions; c section 116 and Schedule 4, in so far as they relate to paragraph 5 of that Schedule, other than sub-paragraph (6)(d) and (7)(b), and are not already in force; d section 117(2) and Schedule 6, in so far as they relate to the 1976 Act. 6 1st June 2003 is the day appointed for the coming into force of— a section 116 and Schedule 4, in so far as they relate to paragraph 27; b section 117(2) and Schedule 6, in so far as they relate to the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 .