Section 26: Short title, commencement and extent
71.Subsection (1) provides the name of the Act. Subsection (2) provides for commencement by commencement order. Subsection (3) extends the Act to the United Kingdom for the purposes of the amendments made to the Police Act 1997 by Section 21 and the amendments made to the Superannuation Act 1972, the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 and Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975, the Public Records Act 1958; Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967, and Freedom of Information Act 2000, that are contained in Schedule 1. Otherwise (subsection 4) the Act extends to England and Wales only.