Commencement provisions
912.This Act introduces a large number of measures, not all of which will come into force at the same time. Subsections (2) and (3) provide for the provisions listed in subsection (1) to be brought into force, possibly on different days and for different purposes, by order made by the Secretary of State or, in the case of provisions specified in subsection (3)(b), by the Lord Chancellor. Subsection (4) provides that for the measures relating to Child Support, other than section 24 (which removes the requirement for the CSA to complete periodical reviews), and the reduction and withdrawal of benefit (sections 62 to 66), this power also includes the power to pilot the measures by bringing the provisions into force on different days in different areas. Those measures which are not specified in, or excepted from, subsection (1) will come into force on Royal Assent.
