9.—(1) Except as provided by subsection (2), this Act comes into operation on the day after that on which it receives Royal Assent.
(2) The following provisions come into operation on such day as the Department may by order appoint—
(a)section 6;
(b)Schedule 1;
(c)in Schedule 2, paragraphs 3 to 5 and 6(1) and (2) (and section 8(1) so far as relating to those paragraphs);
(d)in Schedule 3, the entries relating to the Street Works (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and the Street Works (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (and section 8(2) so far as relating to those entries).