2.—(1) This article has effect subject to the provisions of articles 3 to 6 below.
(2) The provisions of the Act which are specified in the Schedule to this Order shall, in so far as they are not already in force, come into force on 1st November 2001 but, where a particular purpose in relation to any such provision is specified in column 2 of that Schedule, that provision shall come into force on that day only for that purpose.