Appointed day
3. The day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the 2009 Act is 1st June 2011—
(a)section 53 (persons suffering from diminished responsibility (Northern Ireland));
(b)sections 54 and 55 (partial defence to murder; loss of control);
(c)section 56(1) (abolition of common law defence of provocation);
(d)section 56(2)(b) (repeal relating to abolition of common law defence of provocation);
(e)section 58 (infanticide (Northern Ireland));
(f)section 178, so far as it relates to the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (g);
(g)in Part 2 of Schedule 23 (criminal offences), the repeal relating to the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1966.