(1)The following come into force on the day on which this Act is passed—
(a)this Part,
(b)section 2,
(c)section 6(4),
(d)section 7,
(e)section 9,
(f)section 15,
(g)section 17(2),
(h)section 18,
(i)section 42,
(j)Part 5, and
(k)Part 6.
(2)The following come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed—
(a)Part 1,
(b)the remaining provisions of Part 2,
(c)Part 3,
(d)the remaining provisions of Chapter 1 of Part 4, and
(e)Chapter 2 of Part 4.
(3)Chapters 3 and 4 of Part 4 (medical devices: enforcement and disclosure of information) come into force on such day or days as the Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument appoint.
(4)Regulations may not be made in reliance on section 7 or 18 that come into force before the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed unless they contain a declaration that the person making them considers that they need to be made urgently to protect the public from an imminent risk of serious harm to health.