Commencement of provisions

4.  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 1975(1), sections 15(4A), 15C(3), 21(5), 57B, 74(8), 151(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Railways Act 1993(2) and section 251(2) of, and paragraph 45 of Schedule 27 to, the Transport Act 2000 (3).