(1)The date of the passing of every Act shall be the date on which the Bill for that Act receives the Royal Assent.
Subs. (2) rep. by 1998 c. 47
(3)The date of the making of every statutory instrument shall be the date therein expressed as the date of the execution thereof, but where the instrument is made by two or more authorities jointly and is therein expressed to be executed by those authorities on different dates, the date of the making thereof shall be the last date so expressed.
(4)Where a statutory instrument made or to be made after the commencement of this Act by one authority requires the concurrence or approval of any other authority, that concurrence or approval shall be formally inscribed on the instrument either—
(a)on or before the date of the making thereof; or
(b)if the other authority has before that date indicated an intention to concur in or approve of the making of the instrument, within one month after such making.