2. Subject to articles 4 and 5 below, the following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 22nd December 2000:—
(a)section 2(1) and (2);
(b)sections 4 and 10;
(c)sections 12 and 13, so far as they relate to the specifying of amounts and the giving of directions;
(d)sections 15, 23, 24, 27 and 28;
(e)section 29(1), so far as it relates to the provisions commenced by paragraphs (f) and (g) below;
(f)paragraph 17 of Schedule 1, so far as it relates to the preparation and laying of estimates, the giving of directions, and the making of any provision described in section 3(4)(b) of the House of Commons (Administration) Act 1978(1) as substituted by that paragraph; and
(g)paragraph 24 of Schedule 1, so far as it relates to the giving of directions under section 101A(4) of the Government of Wales Act 1998(2) as inserted by that paragraph.