Commencement
254.Under section 108(1), section 108 itself and the sections on orders and regulations (105), Wales (106) and short title and extent (109) came into force immediately on Royal Assent. Subsection (2) provides that Part IV and section 104 will come into force two months after Royal Assent.
255.Subsection (3) makes specific provision for the Secretary of State to bring into force sections 90 (surcharge), 91 (advisory notices), 93 to 96 (welfare services) and the provisions of Schedules 5 and 6 which relate directly to these provisions by commencement order.
256.Under subsection (4), the remaining provisions of the Act will commence 12 months after Royal Assent unless an order is made to commence these provisions earlier; such an order could be made by the Secretary of State in relation to England (or to police authorities in Wales for provisions in Part III) and by the NAW in relation to Wales.
257.An order (the Local Government Act 2000 (Commencement No 1) Order 200018) has been made bringing into force in England on 7 August 2000 the provisions set out below:
sections 10, 12, 17 to 20, 30, 32, 34 to 36, 38, 41, 47 and 48;
sections 11, 13, 22, 25, 27, 28, 31, 33, 37, 39, 44 and 45 to the extent necessary to enable orders, regulations, directions or guidance to be made;
section 23, to the extent that it relates to paragraphs 6, 7 and 9 to 11 of Schedule 1.
258.The same order brings into force in England on 1 October 2000 sections 97 and 98 of the Act, and section 107(2) to the extent it relates to the entries in Schedule 6 relating to section 100D(2) of the Local Government Act 1972.
259.An further order is likely to be made in the near future to bring into force section 103. Additional orders will be made later to commence Parts I and III of the Act.
