Part 7: General Section 185: Extent
This section sets out the territorial extent of the Act, that is the jurisdictions within which the Act forms part of the law.
	Subsection (1) provides that the Act extends to England and Wales only with the exception of sections specified in subsections (2), (3)) and (4). In addition, subsection (5) provides that an amendment, repeal or revocation made by this Act has the same extent as the provision it is amending, repealing or revoking.
	Subsection (2) sets out that the following sections of the Act extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland:
Part 1: paragraph 1(3) or (4) of Schedule 1 (renaming of NHS Commissioning Board);
Part 2: Sections 92 to 94 (information about payments etc. to persons in the health care sector);
Part 3 (Secretary of State’s powers to transfer or delegate functions);Part 4: section 125 (restriction of statutory powers requiring disclosure;
Part 6: section 171 and Part 2 of Schedule 17 (storage of gametes and embryos);
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	Subsection (3) sets out that the following sections apply to Scotland only:
Sections 140 to 143 (offences relating to virginity testing);
Sections 152 to 155 (offences relating to hymenoplasty).
	Subsection (4) sets out that the following sections apply to Northern Ireland only:
Sections 144 to 147 (offences relating to virginity testing);
Sections 156 to 159 (offences relating to hymenoplasty).