17Citation, etc.
(1)This Act may be cited as the Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1973.
(2)Subject to sections 6(4), 12(6) and 14(3) of this Act, the enactments specified in Schedule 6 to this Act (including certain enactments of the Parliament of Northern Ireland) are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.
(3)So long as section 2 of the [1965 c. 76.] Southern Rhodesia Act 1965 remains in force, this Act shall have effect subject to such provision as may (before or after this Act comes into force) be made by Order in Council under and for the purposes of that section.
(4)Part II of this Act extends to England and Wales only; Part III extends to Scotland only; Part IV extends to Northern Ireland only; and this Part extends to the whole of the United Kingdom.
(5)This Act shall come into force on 1st January 1974.