Commencement
46.The whole of Parts 1 and 3 and sections 9 and 10 of the Act come into force in the UK on Royal Assent, but will be brought into force for the purposes of Gibraltar by commencement orders.
47.The other sections in the Act which provide for or depend on the making of secondary legislation to, for example, apply UK law affecting European parliamentary elections to allow for the inclusion of Gibraltar in the UK system, will come into force by commencement order.