Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006

Part 6 Supplementary

29 Financial provisions

(1) There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable by virtue of any other Act out of money provided by Parliament.

(2) There shall be paid out of the Consolidated Fund any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable by virtue of any other Act out of that Fund.

30 Minor and consequential amendments etc.

(1) Schedule 4 contains minor and consequential amendments.

(2) Schedule 5 contains repeals and revocations.

(3) The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument make supplementary, incidental, consequential, transitional or saving provision for the purposes of, in consequence of, or for giving full effect to, any provision of Part 1.

(4) An order under subsection (3) may, in particular—

(a) provide for a provision of Part 1 which comes into force before another provision of Part 1 or of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22) has come into force to have effect, until the other provision has come into force, with specified modifications;

(b) amend, repeal or revoke any enactment passed or made on or before the last day of the session in which this Act is passed.

(5) “Enactment” includes any provision of Northern Ireland legislation or subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30)) and any provision of Part 1 of Schedule 4.

(6) No order is to be made under subsection (3) unless a draft of the instrument containing the order has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

31 Commencement

(1) The following come into force on the day on which this Act is passed—

(a) section 1;

(b) section 10;

(c) section 22;

(d) section 23;

(e) section 24;

(f) section 27;

(g) section 28;

(h) section 29;

(i) section 30(3) to (6);

(j) this section;

(k) section 32;

(l) section 33.

(2) Part 3 (apart from section 10, but including Schedule 1) comes into force as mentioned in section 10(2).

(3) Subject to subsection (4), the other provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument.

(4) Any repeals or revocations in Schedule 5 come into force in the same way as any provision of this Act to which they relate.

(5) Different days may be appointed under subsection (3) for different purposes.

(6) The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument make transitory or transitional provision or savings in connection with the coming into force of any provision of this Act.

32 Extent

(1) The extent of any amendment or repeal made by this Act is the same as that of the enactment amended or repealed.

(2) But the amendments and repeals made by Schedule 3 (and Schedule 5 so far as relating to that Schedule) extend to England and Wales and Northern Ireland only.

(3) Section 25 extends to Northern Ireland only.

33 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006.