(1)This Act may be cited as the Scotch Whisky Act 1988.
(2)This Act, except section 4, shall come into force on such day as the Ministers may by order made by statutory instrument appoint and different days may be so appointed for different provisions or for different purposes.
(3)An order under subsection (2) above may include such transitional provision as appears to the Ministers to be necessary or expedient in connection with the provisions thereby brought into force.
(4)This Act, except section 4, does not extend to Northern Ireland.