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Commencement of provisions

2.  The following provisions of the 2004 Act shall come into force on 1st September 2004—

(a)section 1 (payment of Class 1 contributions: Great Britain);

(b)section 2 (payment of Class 1 contributions: Northern Ireland);

(c)section 3 (agreements and joint elections: Great Britain);

(d)section 4 (agreements and joint elections: Northern Ireland);

(e)section 5 (recovery of contributions, etc: Great Britain);

(f)section 6 (recovery of contributions, etc: Northern Ireland).