(1) The following provisions come into force on the day on which this Act is passed -
(a) sections 1 and 2;
(b) section 5(1), (2) and (4) to (7);
(d) sections 9 to 17 and Schedule 3;
(e) sections 19 to 21, this section, section 23 and Schedules 4 and 5.
(2) Section 18 comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.
(3) The other provisions of this Act come into force on such day as a Minister of the Crown may by regulations appoint.
(4) A relevant national authority may by regulations make such transitional, transitory or saving provision as the relevant national authority considers appropriate in connection with -
(a) the coming into force of any provision of this Act,
(b) the revocation of anything by section 1, or
(c) anything ceasing to be recognised or available in domestic law (and, accordingly, ceasing to be enforced, allowed or followed) as a result of section 2.
(5) Sections 2, 3 and 4 do not apply in r
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