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<Text>The following provisions come into force on the day after the day on which this Act receives Royal Assent—</Text>
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<Text>sections 1 to 9;</Text>
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<Text>sections 13 to 17;</Text>
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<Text>sections 133 to 136;</Text>
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<Text>section 137(3) and (4);</Text>
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<Text>this section;</Text>
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<Text>section 140.</Text>
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<Text>The other provisions of this Act come into force on a day appointed by the Welsh Ministers in an order made by Welsh statutory instrument.</Text>
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<Text>An order under subsection (2) may make transitional or saving provision.</Text>
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