(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Open-Ended Investment Companies Regulations 2001.
(2) These Regulations come into force -
(a) for the purpose of regulation 6, on the day on which sections 247 and 248 of the Act come into force for the purpose of making rules;
(b) for the purposes of regulations 7, 12, 13, 18(1) and (3), 74, 77 and 80 to 82, so far as relating to the making of applications for authorisation orders to be made on or after the day mentioned in sub-paragraph (c), on the day on which section 40 of the Act comes into force;
(c) for all remaining purposes, on the day on which section 19 of the Act comes into force.
(3) Except as otherwise provided, these Regulations extend to the whole of the United Kingdom [S.I. 2001/1228 extends to Northern Ireland by virtue of section 1286(1) of the Companies Act 2006.].