Commencement of the 1999 Act
2. The provisions of the 1999 Act specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order (which relate to the matters mentioned in column 2 of that Schedule) shall come into force for the purposes described in column 3 of that Schedule on the date specified in relation to that Schedule in the following table and the provisions of the 1999 Act specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order (which relate to the matters mentioned in column 2 of that Schedule) shall come into force generally on the date specified in relation to that Schedule in the following table–
| Schedule 1 | 23rd March 2000 |
| Schedule 2 | 25th April 2000 |