1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Civil Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1997.
(2) This Order shall come into operation on such day or days as the Secretary of State may by order appoint.
(3) An order under paragraph (2) may contain such transitional provisions as appear to the Secretary of State to be appropriate; and subject to any such transitional provision, no provision of this Order shall apply in relation to any proceedings begun before the coming into operation of that provision.