This article has effect subject to the provisions of article 3 below.

The provisions of the Act which are specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 8th March 2002 but, where a particular purpose in relation to any such provision is specified in column 2 of that Schedule, that provision shall come into force on that day only for that purpose.

The provisions of the Act shall, insofar as not then in force, come into force for all purposes on 1st April 2002.