6th April 2009 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 8 (power to contract out functions etc.) of the Act for the purpose of inserting new sections 8B (agency arrangements and provision of services), 8C(1) to (6) (contracting out functions of Authority) and section 8D (disclosure of information where functions of Authority exercised by others) into the 1990 Act but only for the purpose of enabling the establishment of one or more committees to carry out the Authority’s functions under new section 20 of the 1990 Act (right to reconsideration of licensing decisions) when it is brought into force.