544.This section provides for commencement (see paragraphs 547 to 549 for further details).
545.Subsections (7), (8) and (9) enable the Secretary of State, the Welsh Ministers and Scottish Ministers respectively, by order, to make transitional, transitory or saving provisions in connection with the coming into force of the provisions of the Act. Such an order is not subject to any parliamentary procedure.
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