368.The provisions of the Act and the Schedules will be brought into force on a day or days appointed by commencement order of the Secretary of State. As provided for in section 36(3), each of the existing equality Commissions is to cease to exist by 31st March 2009, and the commencement orders and dissolution orders to be made under sections 93 and 36(1) respectively will achieve this.
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