52Short title, commencement and extent
(1)This Act may be cited as the Banking Act 1979.
(2)This Act extends to Northern Ireland.
(3)This Act shall come into operation on such day as the Treasury may appoint by order made by statutory instrument; and different days may be so appointed for different provisions of this Act and for such different purposes of the same provision as may be specified in the order.
(4)Any reference in any provision of this Act to " the appointed day " shall be construed as a reference to the day appointed for the purposes of that provision; and any reference in this Act to the day appointed for the purposes of any provision of this Act—
(a)shall be construed as a reference to the day appointed under this section for the coming into operation of that provision; and
(b)where different days are appointed for different purposes of that provision, shall be construed, unless an order under this section otherwise provides, as a reference to the first day so appointed.