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Commencement of provisionsU.K.

2.—(1) The following provisions of the 2006 Act come into force on 23rd March 2007, for the purpose of making regulations under them—

(a)section 5(4) and (5);

(b)section 6(4) to (6), (8)(b) and (14).

(2) The following provisions of the 2006 Act come into force on 6th April 2007—

(a)sections 1 to 4;

(b)sections 5 and 6, to the extent that they are not already in force;

(c)section 7;

(d)section 8(1), (2), (7) and (8);

(e)sections 9 to 12;

(f)section 13 and Schedule 1;

(g)sections 17 to 45;

(h)sections 51 and 52;

(i)section 53 and Schedule 2;

(j)sections 54 to 60;

(k)sections 62 and 63;

(l)sections 64 and Schedule 3, except in so far as they relate to paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 3;

(m)section 65 and Schedule 4, except in so far as they relate to the following entries in Schedule 4—

(i)section 2 of the Pet Animals Act 1951 (c.35);

(ii)sections 2, 3, 6, 7 and 8 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968 (c.34);

(iii)sections 37 to 39 of the Animal Health Act 1981 (c.22) and paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to that Act;

(n)section 66.