2.—(1) This article has effect subject to the provisions of articles 3 and 4 below.
(2) The provisions of the Act which are specified in column 1 of the Schedule shall, in so far as they are not already in force, come into force on 1st October 2003 but, where a particular purpose in relation to any such provision is specified in column 2 of the Schedule, that provision shall come into force on that day only for that purpose.