Part VIU.K. MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY

SupplementaryU.K.

153 Citation, commencement and extent.U.K.

(1)This Act may be cited as the [F1Senior Courts] Act 1981.

(2)This Act, except the provisions mentioned in subsection (3), shall come into force on 1st January 1982; and references to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as references to the beginning of that day.

(3)Sections 72, 143 and 152(2) and this section shall come into force on the passing of this Act.

(4)In this Act—

(a)the following provisions extend to Scotland, namely—

(b)the following provisions extend to Northern Ireland so far as they relate to the M2Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975, namely—

(c)the following provisions extend to Scotland and Northern Ireland, namely—

(d)section 145 extends to any place to which the M9Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968 extends, and section 152(1) and (4) and Schedules 5 and 7, so far as they relate to any of the following enactments, namely—

extend to any place to which that enactment extends;

but, save as aforesaid, the provisions of this Act, other than those mentioned in subsection (5), extend to England and Wales only.

(5)The provisions of this Act whose extent is not restricted by subsection (4) are—