Administration of Justice Act 1964

41 Short title, commencement, extent and repeal

(1) This Act may be cited as the Administration of Justice Act 1964.

(2) Subject to the provisions of Schedule 4 to this Act, Part I of this Act shall come into force on 1st April 1965 except that if the Secretary of State by order appoints an earlier day for the commencement of any provision of the said Part I, that provision shall come into force on that earlier day.

(3) The following provisions of this Act, that is to say, Part II (except section 31), section 39 and subsection (8) of this section shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint.

(4) Different days may be appointed under this section for different purposes of this Act; and any reference in any provision of this Act to the commencement of this Act shall, unless otherwise provided by any order under this section, be construed as a reference to the day on which that provision comes into operation.

(5) Any order under this section may make such transitional provision as appears to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient in connection with the provisions thereby brought into force, including such adaptations of those provisions or any provisions of this Act then in force as appear to him necessary or expedient in consequence of the partial operation of this Act (whether before or after the day appointed by the order).

(6) This Act, except section 31 and so much of Schedule 3 as amends the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1957, shall not extend to Scotland.

(7) This Act, except so much of Schedule 3 as amends the said Act of 1957, shall not extend to Northern Ireland.

(8) The enactments described in Schedule 5 to this Act (which include enactments which were already obsolete or unnecessary before the passing of this Act) are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.