Commencement
- Section 2 comes into force on Royal Assent. Section 1 will come into force on a day to be appointed by the Secretary of State in regulations which are not subject to parliamentary procedure.
Explanatory Notes
Text created by the government department responsible for the subject matter of the Act to explain what the Act sets out to achieve and to make the Act accessible to readers who are not legally qualified. Explanatory Notes were introduced in 1999 and accompany all Public Acts except Appropriation, Consolidated Fund, Finance and Consolidation Acts.
