4. The following provisions, to the extent that they are not already in force, come into force on 31st December 2011—
(a)sections 159(1) and 159(2)(b) save in relation to (and so far as is required to give effect to)—
(i)the Legal Services Ombudsman’s duty (paragraphs 5 and 6 of Schedule 3 to the 1990 Act) to produce an annual report and accounts for the period 1st April 2011 to 31st March 2012; and
(ii)until 30th April 2012, the power of the Secretary of State set out in paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 to the 1990 Act, and
(b)in Schedule 23 (repeals) the entries relating to—
(i)Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958(1);
(ii)Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Act 1972(2);
(iii)the reference to “The Legal Services Ombudsman” in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975;
(iv)the reference to “The Legal Services Ombudsman” in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975;
(v)sections 21 to 26 of, and Schedule 3 to, the 1990 Act, subject to the provisions of sub-paragraph (a) above;
(vi)section 86(4)(b) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999(3); and
(vii)the reference to “The Legal Services Ombudsman” in Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the Freedom of Information Act 2000.