Supplementary

15Commencement and transitional, etc. provisions

1

Except as provided by subsection (2) and section 13, this Act comes into operation on the day after Royal Assent.

2

The following provisions of this Act come into operation on such day or days as the Department may by order appoint—

a

section 1 and Schedule 1;

b

section 2;

c

sections 4 and 5;

d

section 9 and Schedules 2 and 3;

e

Parts 1 and 3 of Schedule 4 and section 14 so far as relating thereto.

3

An order under subsection (2) may contain such transitional or saving provisions as the Department of Justice thinks appropriate.

4

Subsection (3) does not apply in relation to an order bringing section 9 or the repeals in Part 3 of Schedule 4 into operation (as to which see section 9(3)).