3.  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.