The preceding provisions of this Act come into operation on such day as the Executive Office may by order appoint (but this is subject to subsection (2)).

Those provisions come into operation at the end of the period of 2 years beginning with the day of Royal Assent if by the end of that period no order has been made under subsection (1) bringing them into operation.

An order under subsection (1) may include such transitional, transitory or saving provision as the Executive Office considers appropriate.