The directors of Lloyds may appoint a day to be the appointed day for an undertaking for the purposes of this Act and may appoint different days as the appointed day for different parts of an undertaking.

Before the day which is to be an appointed day under subsection (1) above, Lloyds shall publish a notice in the London Gazette, the Edinburgh Gazette and the Belfast Gazette of the day so appointed under this section, stating it is an appointed day for the purposes of this Act and the undertaking or the part thereof in respect of which it is to be the appointed day.

The publication of a notice under subsection (2) above shall be conclusive evidence of a day being an appointed day for the purposes of this Act, and a photocopy or other reproduction, certified by an authorised officer of Lloyds, of a page or part of a page of the London Gazette, the Edinburgh Gazette or the Belfast Gazette containing the notice shall be conclusive evidence of publication of the notice.