Part IX

General and Supplementary

Commencement.
76
1
The provisions of this Act specified in subsection (2) below shall come into operation on such day as the Lord Chancellor may by order appoint.
2
The provisions of this Act mentioned in subsection (1) above are—
a
section 6;
b
Part III;
c
sections 34 and 35;
d
sections 38 to 47;
e
section 54;
f
section 57;
g
section 69;
h
section 73(8);
j
section 75, so far as it relates—
i
to the Judicial Trustees Act 1896;
ii
to section 17 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1937;
iii
to the Prevention of Fraud (Investments) Act 1958;
iv
to sections 99(3), 168 to 174A and 176 of the County Courts Act 1959;
v
to sections 1 to 16 of the Administration of Justice 1965 and Schedule 1 to that Act;
vi
to the Administration of Justice Act 1977; and
vii
to the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978;
k
paragraph 10 of Schedule 6; and
l
paragraphs 6 to 8 of Schedule 8.
3
The provisions of this Act specified in subsection (4) below shall come into operation on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint.
4
The provisions of this Act mentioned in subsection (3) above are—
a
section 12;
b
section 14(2);
c
section 48; and
d
section 75 above, so far as it relates to the Damages (Scotland) Act 1976.
5
The provisions of this Act specified in subsection (6) below shall come into operation on such day as the Lord Chancellor and the Secretary of State may by order jointly appoint.
6
The provisions of this Act mentioned in subsection (5) above are—
a
sections 23 to 25;
b
sections 27 and 28;
c
section 75, so far as it relates—
i
to section 126 of the Senior Courts Act 1981; and
ii
to Article 27 of the Administration of Estates (Northern Ireland) Order 1979.
7
Any order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument.
8
Any such order may appoint different days for different provisions and for different purposes.
9
The provisions of this Act specified in subsection (10) below shall come into operation on the day this Act is passed.
10
The provisions of this Act mentioned in subsection (9) above are—
a
section 32;
b
section 36;
c
section 52;
d
section 60;
e
section 64;
f
section 65;
g
this section;
h
section 77; and
j
section 78.
11
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this section, this Act shall come into operation on 1st January 1983.
Power of appointment conferred by s. 76(1) partly exercised: S.I. 1983/236, 1984/1142, 1985/858, 1986/2259
S. 76(1) power partly exercised: 13.6.1991 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1991/1245
S. 76(1) power exercised by S.I.1991/1786
1896 c. 35.
1937 c. 9. (N.I.).
1958 c. 45.
1959 c. 22.
1965 c. 2.
1977 c. 38.
1978 c. 23.
Power of appointment conferred by s. 76(3) partly exercised: S.I. 1984/1287
1976 c. 13.
Power of appointment conferred by s. 76(5) not yet exercised
1981 c. 54.
S. 76(6)(c)(ii) for the words "Supreme Court Act 1981" wherever they occur there is substituted (1.10.2009) the words "Senior Courts Act 1981" by virtue of Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 1(2); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2
S.I. 1979 No. 1575 (N.I. 14).
Pt. VI applies to Scotland only to the extent specified in s. 48