Subject to Article 4, the following provisions of the Act shall come into operation on 1st April 1999—

• Part I insofar as not already commenced, except section 2(4)(a),

• Part III insofar as not already commenced, except sections 25(4) and 26(4),

• Part V insofar as not already commenced, except section 40(3) and (4),

• Sections 70 to 73,

• Section 74(1) and Schedule 4 (Amendments) insofar as not already commenced, except paragraphs 4, 8, 9, 20(3) to (5), 21 and 22(8),

• Section 74(2) and Part I of Schedule 5 (Transitional provisions and savings) insofar as not already commenced,

• Section 74(3) and Schedule 6 (Repeals) insofar as not already commenced, except those repeals which relate to the Superannuation Act (Northern Ireland) 1972; the Superannuation (Northern Ireland) Order 1972; the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975; the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975; the Police (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 and, in the Police (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, the definition of “the 1987 Order” in Article 2(2), and Part IV,

• Section 74(4),

• Section 76(3),

• Schedule 1.