2.—(1) The following provisions of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (“the Act”), namely—
(a)section 1, together with Schedule 1,
(b)section 2,
(c)section 3, together with Schedule 2, and
(d)Part 1 of Schedule 8,
shall come into force on 20th December 2001.
(2) The coming into force of the repeal of section 31 of the Terrorism Act 2000(1) in Part 1 of Schedule 8 to the Act shall not affect the continuance in force of the Magistrates' Courts (Terrorism Act 2000) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2001(2).