(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Commencement information | ||
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table | The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 4 April 2017 |
2. Schedule 1 | The first 1 January or 1 July to occur after the day this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 1 July 2017 |
3 . Schedule 2 | 1 January 2019. | 1 January 2019 |
4. Schedule 3 | As follows: (a) if this Act receives the Royal Assent before 1 January 2017--1 January 2017; (b) if this Act receives the Royal Assent on or after 1 January 2017--the first 1 January or 1 July to occur after the day this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 1 July 2017 ( paragraph ( b) applies) |
5. Schedule 4 | As follows: (a) if this Act receives the Royal Assent before 1 January 2018--1 January 2018; (b) if this Act receives the Royal Assent on or after 1 January 2018--the first 1 January or 1 July to occur after the day this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 1 January 2018 ( paragraph ( a) applies) |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in c olumn 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.