Commencement

2.  The day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of Chapter 1 of Part 9 of the 2017 Act is 28th June 2018–

(a)section 168 (disregarding certain convictions etc for abolished offences: Northern Ireland) (which inserts Chapter 5 of Part 5 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012(1));

(b)section 169 (posthumous pardons for convictions etc of certain abolished offences: Northern Ireland);

(c)section 170 (other pardons for convictions etc of certain abolished offences: Northern Ireland);

(d)section 172 (sections 169 to 171: supplementary).