(1)The preceding provisions of this Act (with the Schedules) shall not come into force until such day as the Secretary of State [F1or the Department of Justice] may by order appoint.
(2)An order may appoint different days for different purposes.
Subordinate Legislation Made
P1S. 87 power partly exercised: 15.10.2002 appointed for specified provisions by S.R. 2002/319, art. 2; 6.1.2003 appointed for specified provisions by S.R. 2002/405, art. 2; 26.5.2003 appointed for specified provisions by {S.R. 2003/265}, art. 2; 1.10.2003, 1.11.2003 and 19.4.2004 appointed for specified provisions and purposes by {S.R. 2003/416}, arts. 2-4; 1.12.2003 and 18.12.2003 appointed for specified provisions and purposes by {S.R. 2003/488}, arts. 2, 3, Sch.; 1.9.2004 appointed for specified provisions and purposes by {S.R. 2004/301}, art. 2; 1.1.2005 appointed for specified provisions and purposes by {S.R. 2004/502}, art. 2; 1.4.2005 appointed for specified provisions and purposes by {S.R. 2005/109}, art. 2, Sch.; different dates appointed for specified provisions and purposes by {S.R. 2005/281}, arts. 2-5, Schs. 1, 2; 30.8.2005 appointed for specified provisions and purposes by {S.R. 2005/391}, art. 2, Sch.; 3.4.2006 appointed for specified provisions and purposes by {S.R. 2006/124}, art. 2, Sch.; 16.4.2007 appointed for specified provisions and purposes by {S.R. 2007/237}, art. 2, Sch.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 87(1) inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 13 para. 21(2) (with arts. 28-31)