Part IV Miscellaneous and General

52 Short title, commencement and extent.

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Banking Act 1979.

(2)

This Act extends to Northern Ireland.

F1(3)

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(4)

Any reference in any provision of this Act to “the appointed day” shall be construed as a reference to the day appointed for the purposes of that provision; and any reference in this Act to the day appointed for the purposes of any provision of this Act—

(a)

shall be construed as a reference to the day appointed under this section for the coming into operation of that provison; and

(b)

where different days are appointed for different purposes of that provision, shall be construed, unless an order under this section otherwise provides, as a reference to the first day so appointed.