2.—(1) Section 9 (eligibility for membership: politically restricted posts) of the Act shall come into force on 28th February 2007.
(2) Section 1 (electoral wards), section 2 (single transferable vote), section 4(5)(d), (e), (g) and (h) (reviews of electoral arrangements), section 5 (consequential amendments and repeals) and section 10 (prohibitions on appointment of councillors and ex-councillors to local authority posts) of the Act shall come into force on 2nd May 2007.