PART 7General

I181Pre-commencement consultation

1

Subsection (2) applies to a duty to consult, so far as applying to or in connection with, or otherwise arising in consequence of, a provision of an enactment as modified or made—

a

by or under this Act, or

b

by or under another Act as amended by this Act.

2

The duty to consult may be satisfied by things done before the commencement date (as well as by things done on or after that date).

3

The “commencement date”, in relation to a provision of an enactment as modified or made—

a

by or under this Act, or

b

by or under another Act as amended by this Act,

means the date on which the modification or making of that provision comes into force.