3Short title, repeals, commencement and extent
(1)This Act may be cited as the Law Officers Act 1997.
(2)The enactments specified in the Schedule to this Act (which include spent provisions and provisions conferring specific functions on the Solicitor General concurrently with the Attorney General or the Attorney General for Northern Ireland) are repealed to the extent specified.
(3)This Act comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the date on which it is passed.
(4)Any repeal made by this Act has the same extent as the enactment being repealed.
(5)Subject to subsection (4), this Act extends to Northern Ireland.