Health Protection Agency Act 2004
![]() | |
Long title | An Act to establish the Health Protection Agency and make provision as to its functions. |
---|---|
Citation | 2004 c 17 |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 22 July 2004 |
Other legislation | |
Repealed by | Health and Social Care Act 2012 |
Status: Repealed | |
Text of statute as originally enacted | |
Revised text of statute as amended |
The Health Protection Agency Act 2004 (c 17) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Section 1 – Health Protection Agency[]
Section 1 (1) provides that there is A body corporate known as the Health Protection Agency, or, in Welsh, Yr Asiantaeth Diogelu Iechyd.
Section 2A – Functions in relation to biological substances[]
This section was inserted on 1 April 2009[2] by section 159(3) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008.
Section 12 – Commencement[]
The Health Protection Agency Act 2004 (Commencement) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/121 (C. 5)) was made under this section.
Section 12(3) provides that paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 came into force at the end of the period of two months that began on the date on which the Act was passed. The word "months" means calendar months.[3] The day (that is to say, 22 July 2004) on which the Act was passed (that is to say, received royal assent) is included in the period of two months.[4] This means that the paragraph came into force on 22 September 2004.
References[]
- ^ The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 13 of this Act.
- ^ The , article 2(2)(a)
- ^ The Interpretation Act 1978, section 5 and Schedule 1
- ^ Hare v Gocher [1962] 2 QB 641, [1962] 2 All ER 673; Trow v Ind Coope (West Midlands) Ltd [1967] 2 QB 899 at 909, [1967] 2 All ER 900, CA.
External links[]
- The Health Protection Agency Act 2004, as amended from the National Archives.
- The Health Protection Agency Act 2004, as originally enacted from the National Archives.
- Explanatory notes to the Health Protection Agency Act 2004.
- United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 2004
- United Kingdom statute stubs