This Act may be cited as the Civil Evidence Act 1968.

Sections 1, 2, 6(1) (except the words from “’Proceedings’ ” to “references ”) and 6(2)(b) of the Evidence Act 1938 M1 are hereby repealed.

This Act shall not extend to Scotland or, . . . F1 to Northern Ireland.

The following provisions of this Act, namely sections 13 to 19, this section (except subsection (2)) and the Schedule, shall come into force on the day this Act is passed, and the other provisions of this Act shall come into force on such day as the Lord Chancellor may by order made by statutory instrument appoint; and different days may be so appointed for different purposes of this Act or for the same purposes in relation to different courts or proceedings or otherwise in relation to different circumstances.