This Act may be cited as the Savings (Government Contributions) Act 2017.

This Act comes into force on the day after that on which it is passed, subject to subsection (3).

The duty under section 2 does not apply in relation to accounts opened before such date as may be specified in Treasury regulations.

Without prejudice to the generality of section 4(6)(a) and (b), different dates may be specified under subsection (3) in relation to different descriptions of eligible persons (see paragraph 4 of Schedule 2), and any such description may be framed in a way that results in different dates being specified under subsection (3) for different areas.