1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Companies (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 and shall come into operation on such day or days as the Head of the Department may by order appointF1.
(2) An order under paragraph (1) may—
(a)contain such transitional provisions and savings as appear to the Head of the Department to be necessary or expedient;
(b)amend any statutory provision which refers to the coming into operation of a provision brought into operation by the order so as to substitute a reference to the actual date on which it comes into operation.
F1partly exercised by SRs 1991/26, 153, 289, 398, 438; 1993/64