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Part 5Final provisions

157Commencement

(1)The provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint.

(2)Subsection (1) is subject to subsections (3) and (4).

(3)The following provisions come into force on the day on which this Act is passed—

(a)section 58 (power to make provision about elections);

(b)section 153 (restrictions on issue of arrest warrants in private prosecutions);

(c)sections 154 to 158 (final).

(4)Section 150(2), so far as relating to byelaws made by local authorities in Wales, comes into force on such day as the Welsh Ministers may by order appoint.

(5)Section 154(1) and (5)(b) applies to an order of the Welsh Ministers under subsection (4) as it applies to an order of the Secretary of State under this Act.