Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Act have been brought into force by a commencement order made before the date of this Order.

Provisions	Date of commencement	S.I./S.R. No.
The whole of the Act for Scotland	1st December 1996	1996/2796 (C. 81) (S. 214)
The whole of the Act for Northern Ireland	5th December 1996	1996/559 (C. 26)