Sections 124 to 131 General and financial provisions
182.Section 124 summarises the financial provisions for the Act.
183.Section 127(1) confers the power to make such supplementary, incidental or consequential provision as the Secretary of State considers necessary or expedient for the general purposes, or any particular purpose of the Act or in consequence of any provision made by or under the Act or for giving full effect to the Act or any such provision.
184.Section 128 confers a similar power to section 127(1), but in relation to local enactments.
185.Section 130 provides that most of the provisions of the Act will be brought into force by commencement orders made by the Secretary of State. It permits different commencement dates for different purposes or areas. Some provisions come into force on Royal Assent, and section 115 (extending certain existing powers of the Post Office) comes into force two months after Royal Assent.
186.The Act is to apply throughout the United Kingdom.
