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Civil Contingencies Act 2004
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- Sch. 1 para. 19(2)(d) and word inserted by 2023 c. 52 Sch. 17 para. 15(2)(b)
- Sch. 1 para. 30(2)(d) and word inserted by 2023 c. 52 Sch. 17 para. 15(3)(b)
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- Sch. 1 para. 19(2)(d) and word inserted by 2023 c. 52 Sch. 17 para. 15(2)(b)
- Sch. 1 para. 30(2)(d) and word inserted by 2023 c. 52 Sch. 17 para. 15(3)(b)
Part 3 U.K.General
32Minor and consequential amendments and repealsU.K.
(1)Schedule 2 (minor and consequential amendments and repeals) shall have effect.
(2)The enactments listed in Schedule 3 are hereby repealed or revoked to the extent specified.
Commencement Information
I1S. 32 partly in force; s. 32 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 34; s. 32(1)(2) in force for specified purposes at 10.12.2004 and s. 32(1) in force for further specified purposes at 19.1.2005 by S.I. 2004/3281, art. 2; s. 32 in force for further specified purposes at 1.4.2005 by S.I. 2005/772, art. 2(d); s. 32 in force for further specified purposes at 14.11.2005 by S.I. 2005/2040, art. 3(n)
33MoneyU.K.
There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament—
(a)any expenditure incurred by a Minister of the Crown in connection with this Act, and
(b)any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable under any other enactment out of money provided by Parliament.
34CommencementU.K.
(1)The preceding provisions of this Act shall come into force in accordance with provision made by a Minister of the Crown by order.
(2)But the following provisions of this Act shall come into force in accordance with provision made by the Scottish Ministers by order—
(a)section 1(4) in so far as it relates to the Scottish Ministers,
(b)sections 2(4) and (6), 3(2), 4(3) and (7), 5(2) and (5), 6(2) and (5), 8, 9(2), 11, 13(2), 14(2), 17(3) and (5), and
(c)a provision of section 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 13 or 17 in so far as it relates to a provision specified in paragraph (b) above.
(3)An order under subsection (1) or (2)—
(a)may make provision generally or for specific purposes only,
(b)may make different provision for different purposes,
(c)may make incidental, consequential or transitional provision, and
(d)shall be made by statutory instrument.
Subordinate Legislation Made
P1S. 34(1)(3) power partly exercised: different dates appointed for specified provisions and purposes by {S.I. 2004/3281}, art. 2; 1.4.2005 appointed for especified provisions and purposes by {S.I. 2005/772}, art. 2; different dates appointed for specified provisions and purposes by {S.I. 2005/2040}, arts. 2-4
P2S. 34(2)(3) power partly exercised: different dates appointed for specified provisions and purposes by {S.S.I. 2005/493}, arts. 3-5
35ExtentU.K.
(1)This Act extends to—
(a)England and Wales,
(b)Scotland, and
(c)Northern Ireland.
(2)But where this Act amends or repeals an enactment or a provision of an enactment, the amendment or repeal has the same extent as the enactment or provision.
36Short titleU.K.
This Act may be cited as the Civil Contingencies Act 2004.
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