Commencement of provisions4

The following provisions of the 2003 Act shall come into force on 5th July 2004—

a

section 15 (establishment);

b

section 16 (transfer of functions);

c

section 17 (extent);

d

section 116 (Schedules 1 and 4: sequestration, &c. in Scotland) for the purposes relating to a person becoming liable to dismissal under paragraph 2 (d) of Schedule 1;

e

section 118 (repeals) so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 8 brought into force by paragraph (i);

f

Schedule 1 (Office of Rail Regulation);

g

Schedule 2 (abolition of Rail Regulator: consequential amendments);

h

Schedule 3 (abolition of Rail Regulator: savings, &c.); and

i

Schedule 8 (repeals), so far as it relates to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 19755, sections 15(4A), 15C(3), 21(5), 57B, 74(8), 151(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Railways Act 19936 and section 251(2) of, and paragraph 45 of Schedule 27 to, the Transport Act 2000 7.