PART 14 U.K.General

185CommencementU.K.

(1)This Act comes into force on whatever day or days the Secretary of State appoints by order.

(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to—

(a)sections 150, 175, 180, 181(2) and (4) and 182 to 186, which come into force on the day on which this Act is passed;

(b)sections 151 and 177, which come into force at the end of the period of 2 months beginning with that day;

(c)the provisions listed in subsection (3) as they apply in Wales;

(d)section 149;

(e)section 122.

(3)The following provisions, as they apply in Wales, come into force on whatever day or days the Welsh Ministers appoint by order—

(a)sections 94 to 98 and Schedule 3;

(b)section 100;

(c)paragraphs 2, 7 to 10, 12 to 14, 15(4), 16, 18 to 20, 47(4) and 48 of Schedule 11 (and section 181(1) so far as it relates to those paragraphs).

(4)Different days may be appointed under subsection (1) or (3) for different purposes or different areas.

(5)Section 149 comes into force on whatever day the Attorney General appoints by order.

(6)Section 122 comes into force on whatever day the Scottish Ministers appoint by order.

(7)The Secretary of State may by order make whatever saving, transitional or transitory provision (in addition to the provision in sections 21, 33, 42, 58 and 93) the Secretary of State thinks appropriate in connection with the coming into force of any provision of this Act, other than the provisions listed in subsection (3) as they apply in Wales.

(8)The Welsh Ministers may by order make whatever saving, transitional or transitory provision they think appropriate in connection with the coming into force in Wales of the provisions listed in subsection (3) as they apply in Wales.

(9)The Scottish Ministers may by order make whatever saving, transitional or transitory provision they think appropriate in connection with the coming into force of section 122.

(10)An order under this section bringing into force on a particular day a provision which refers to the Police Negotiating Board for Scotland may, if it appears to the Secretary of State that no body of that name will be in existence on that day, bring the provision into force subject to whatever consequential amendment or transitional provision the Secretary of State thinks appropriate.