(1)This Act may be cited as the Employment and Training Act 1973.
(2)This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint, and—
(a)different days may be appointed in pursuance of this subsection for the purposes of different provisions of this Act or for different purposes of the same provision of this Act; and
(b)any such order may contain such transitional provisions as the Secretary of State considers appropriate in connection with the order.
(3)This Act, except section 12(5), paragraphs 4, 5, 9 and 13 of Schedule 3 and Schedule 4 so far as it relates to section 20 of the [1948 c. 46.] Employment and Training Act 1948 and to the [1970 c. 40.] Agriculture Act 1970, does not extend to Northern Ireland.