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General provisions as to enactment and operation

4Time of commencement

An Act or provision of an Act comes into force—

(a)where provision is made for it to come into force on a particular day, at the beginning of that day ;

(b)where no provision is made for its coming into force, at the beginning of the day on which the Act receives the Royal Assent.