Commencement of Parts 1, 2 and 5 of, and the Schedule to, the Act

3.—(1) The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 27th July 2001–

(a) section 3(1)(b), but only insofar as it inserts section 10(2U) of the 1993 Act;

(b) section 4, but only insofar as it relates to the provisions of the Schedule mentioned in sub-paragraphs (c) and (d) below;

(c) paragraphs 21 and 68 of the Schedule;

(d) paragraph 77 of the Schedule, but only for the purpose of applying paragraph 68;

(e) section 5(1), (2) and (5); and

(f) section 5(4), but only for the purpose of enabling the Scottish Ministers to make regulations under paragraph 3D of Schedule 2 to the 1993 Act.

(2) Section 11 of the Act shall come into force on 5th September 2001.

(3) Sections 1 and 2 of the Act, and sections 3, 4 and 5 of, and the Schedule to, the Act, in so far as they are not already in force, shall come into force on 8th October 2001.