PART 15

SUPPLEMENTARY

Final provisions

Commencement etc
307
1
Sections 284, 302, 303(3), 304 to 306, this section and section 308 come into operation on the day after Royal Assent.
2
The other provisions of this Act come into operation on such day or days as the Department may by order appoint.
3
Until the coming into operation of section 1 of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016—
a
any reference in this Act to the Department of Health is to be read as a reference to the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety;
b
any reference in this Act to the Department of Finance is to be read as a reference to the Department of Finance and Personnel.
4
The Department or the Department of Justice may by regulations make such transitional, transitory or saving provision as it considers appropriate in connection with the coming into operation of any provision of this Act.