(1)Subject to subsection (2), this Act shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which it is passed.
(2)The following provisions of this Act—
(a)F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)sections 21 to 24, and the repeals of section 21 and in section 27 of the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act M1 1982,
shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument, and different days may be appointed for different purposes.
(3)An order under subsection (2) may make such transitional provision and savings as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 31(2)(a) repealed (15.2.1999) by 1998 c. 17, ss. 51(1), 52(4), Sch. 5 Pt. I (with Sch. 3 para. 5(1)); S.I. 1999/161, art. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Power of appointment conferred by s. 31(2) fully exercised: S.I. 1987/820, 1330
Marginal Citations