2.—(1) This article has effect subject to the provisions of articles 3 and 4 below.
(2) The provisions of the Act which are specified in column 1 of Part I of the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 1st April 2001 but, where a particular purpose in relation to any such provision is specified in column 2 of that Part of that Schedule, that provision shall come into force on that day only for that purpose.
(3) The provisions of the Act specified in Part II of the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 1st July 2001 but, where a particular purpose in relation to any such provision is specified in column 2 of that Part of that Schedule, that provision shall come into force on that day only for that purpose.
(4) The provisions of the Act specified in Part III of the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 1st April 2002.