2.—(1) The day appointed for the coming into operation of Article 14 of the Order (penalty as alternative to prosecution), paragraph 7(a) of Schedule 1 to the Order (minor and consequential amendments) and Article 19(1) of the Order in so far as it relates to that paragraph—
(a)for the purposes only of authorising the making of regulations is, 21st November 1997; and
(b)for all other purposes is, 18th December 1997.
(2) The day appointed for the coming into operation of paragraphs 5 and 7(d) of Schedule 1 to the Order and Article 19(1) of the Order in so far as it relates to those paragraphs is, 18th December 1997.