23 May 2008
For the purposes of:
the Department appointing a Local Government Boundaries Commissioner and for that Commissioner to carry out a review of the boundaries of the 11 new local government districts and wards into which they are to be divided, and
the Secretary of State appointing a District Electoral Areas Commissioner and for that Commissioner to group wards into district electoral areas,
section 1 comes into operation one week after the Act receives Royal Assent, and for other purposes on a day or days to be appointed by commencement order.
Sections 2, 4, 5 and 6 of the Act come into operation upon Royal Assent.
The repeal, by Section 3(2) and the Schedule, of the provisions of the Local Government (Boundaries) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 specified in column 2 of the Schedule comes into operation upon Royal Assent.
Section 3(1) and the repeal, by section 3(2) and the Schedule, of the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 shall be brought into operation on a day or days to be appointed by commencement order.