(1)The directors of HSBC Investment Bank Holdings may appoint a day to be the appointed day for the purposes of this Act.
(2)Before the day so appointed, HSBC Investment Bank Holdings shall publish a notice in the London Gazette, the Edinburgh Gazette and the Belfast Gazette of the day so appointed, stating that it is the appointed day for the purposes of this Act.
(3)The publication of a notice under subsection (2) above shall be conclusive evidence of the appointed day for the purposes of this Act, and a photocopy or other reproduction, certified by an authorised officer of HSBC Investment Bank Holdings, 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.