Subject to the following provisions of this section, the provisions of this Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint, and different days may be so appointed for different purposes.

The following provisions of this Act shall come into force on the day this Act is passed—

• section 6(4);

• section 7(4);

• section 9;

• section 10;

• section 15;

• section 18(1) and (2);

• section 21, so far as it relates to paragraph 6 or 8 of Schedule 7;

• section . . . F123;

• sections 25 and 26;

• this section;

• sections 28 and 29.

The following provisions of this Act shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed—

• section 8;

• section 16;

• section 19;

• section 21, so far as it relates to paragraphs 4, 5, 7 and 9 of Schedule 7;

• section 24, so far as it relates to section 38 of the M1Social Security Pensions Act 1975.