(1) Sections 1 and 2 commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Part 5 commences upon the repeal or the ceasing to have effect (as the case may be) of Part IVA of the Fisheries Act 1952 .
(3) Subject to subsection (4), the remaining provisions of this Act commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation.
(4) If a provision mentioned in subsection (3) does not commence under that subsection within the period of 6 months commencing on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, it commences on the first day after the end of that period.