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Final provisionU.K.
272Commencement, extent and short titleU.K.
(1)Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint; and different days may be appointed for different purposes.
(2)Sections 260 to 269, 270(2), 271(2) to (4) and this section come into force on the day on which this Act is passed.
(3)Sections 227 and 228 come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.
(4)Subject to subsections (5) to (7), this Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
(5)An amendment, repeal or revocation made by this Act of an enactment has the same extent within the United Kingdom as the enactment amended, repealed or revoked.
(6)Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide for any of the provisions of this Act to extend, with or without modifications, to the Isle of Man or any of the British overseas territories.
(7)Any power under an Act to extend any provision of that Act by Order in Council to any of the Channel Islands may be exercised so as to extend there (with or without modifications) any amendment or repeal of that provision which is made by or under this Act.
(8)This Act may be cited as the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.
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