General
125Short title
This Act may be cited as the Building Societies Act 1986.
126Commencement
(1)This Act shall come into operation as follows.
(2)Part I (and Schedule 1) shall come into operation at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.
(3)The remaining provisions of this Act, except sections 121, 124, 125, this section, in Schedule 20, paragraph 7 (and section 120(4) so far as it relates to that paragraph) and Schedule 21, shall come into operation on such day as the Treasury may appoint by order made by statutory instrument and different days may be appointed for different provisions or different purposes.
(4)Section 124 and Schedule 21 shall come into operation on such day as the Lord Chancellor may appoint by order made by statutory instrument
(5)Any reference to the commencement of or the commencement date for a provision of this Act is a reference to the date appointed under this section for that provision to come into operation