15.—(1) Except as provided by subsection (2) and section 13, this Act comes into operation on the day after Royal Assent.
(2) The following provisions of this Act come into operation on such day or days as the Department may by order appoint—
(a)section 1 and Schedule 1;
(b)section 2;
(c)sections 4 and 5;
(d)section 9 and Schedules 2 and 3;
(e)Parts 1 and 3 of Schedule 4 and section 14 so far as relating thereto.
(3) An order under subsection (2) may contain such transitional or saving provisions as the Department of Justice thinks appropriate.
(4) Subsection (3) does not apply in relation to an order bringing section 9 or the repeals in Part 3 of Schedule 4 into operation (as to which see section 9(3)).