(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 13th December 2004 the remaining provision of the Co-operatives and Community Benefit Societies Act 2003 (namely section 1) which was not already in force. Sections 7-9 were brought into force on Royal Assent, on 10th July 2003. The Co-operatives and Community Benefit Societies Act 2003 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/2678) brought sections 2 and 3 into force on 1st April 2004 and sections 4-6 on 20th October 2003.