Appointed day2
1
The day appointed for the coming into force of the remaining provisions of the 2016 Act is—
a
1st November 2016 for sections 1 to 6, 8 to 17, 26, 27 and 29(1), and 29(2) for the purposes of paragraphs 1(1) to (4) and (5)(c), 3 and 4 of the schedule of the 2016 Act, in relation to the estate of any person who dies on or after 1st November 2016;
b
1st November 2016 for sections 7, 23 to 25 and 28, and 29(2) for the purposes of paragraphs 1(5)(a) and (b) and 2 of the schedule of the 2016 Act.
2
If it is uncertain whether a person died before 1st November 2016 or on or after 1st November 2016 the person is, for the purposes of paragraph (1), to be taken to have died on or after 1st November 2016.