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Subject to the provisions of this Order—

a

sections 15 (surrender of prohibited small firearms and ammunition) and 51 (power to make transitional, consequential etc. provisions) of the 1997 Act shall come into force on 10th June 1997;

b

the provisions of the 1997 Act specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 1st July 1997, and

c

the provisions of the 1997 Act specified in Part II of that Schedule shall come into force on 1st October 1997.