PART 8

General and final provisions

Commencement
57
1
The following provisions come into force on the day on which this Act is passed—
a
sections 17 and 18;
b
any provision of Parts 1 to 7 which—
i
confers a power to make regulations, or
ii
modifies legislation so as to confer a power to make regulations or a power to make an order by statutory instrument;
c
any other provision of those Parts so far as it, or a modification of legislation it makes, affects the exercise of such a power (for example by defining an expression used in the provision conferring it);
d
this Part, apart from section 52 and Schedule 7.
2
The following provisions, so far as not brought into force by subsection (1)(b) or (c), come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument appoint—
a
sections 20 and 21,
b
sections 30 and 31 and Schedules 1 and 2,
c
so far as relating to England—
i
section 34(3) and (4),
ii
paragraphs 10 to 16 and 18 of Schedule 3, and
iii
section 36 so far as relating to those paragraphs,
d
Parts 1 and 3 of Schedule 7, and section 52 so far as relating to those Parts.
3
The following provisions, so far as not brought into force by subsection (1)(b) or (c), come into force on such day as the Welsh Ministers may by regulations made by statutory instrument appoint—
a
so far as relating to Wales—
i
section 34(3) and (4),
ii
paragraphs 10 to 16 and 18 of Schedule 3, and
iii
section 36 so far as relating to those paragraphs,
b
Part 2 of Schedule 5, and section 46 so far as relating to that Part, and
c
Parts 2 and 4 of Schedule 7, and section 52 so far as relating to those Parts.
4
The following provisions, so far as not brought into force by subsection (1)(b) or (c), come into force on such day as DAERA may by regulations made by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 appoint—
a
Part 2 of Schedule 6, and section 48 so far as relating to that Part, and
b
Part 5 of Schedule 7, and section 52 so far as relating to that Part.
5
Different days may be appointed for different purposes.
6
The other provisions of this Act come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.