Part 5Final provisions

157Commencement

1

The provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint.

2

Subsection (1) is subject to subsections (3) and (4).

3

The following provisions come into force on the day on which this Act is passed—

a

section 58 (power to make provision about elections);

b

section 153 (restrictions on issue of arrest warrants in private prosecutions);

c

sections 154 to 158 (final).

4

Section 150(2), so far as relating to byelaws made by local authorities in Wales, comes into force on such day as the Welsh Ministers may by order appoint.

5

Section 154(1) and (5)(b) applies to an order of the Welsh Ministers under subsection (4) as it applies to an order of the Secretary of State under this Act.