(1)This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint; and different days may be appointed for different provisions or for different purposes of the same provision.
(2)Without prejudice to subsection (1) above there may by an order under this section be appointed different days for the coming into force of section 22 of this Act, and of other provisions of this Act relevant to the operation of that section, in relation to persons of different age groups.
(3)An order under this section may make such transitional provision or savings as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient in connection with provisions of this Act which are thereby brought (wholly or partly) into force, and may make such adaptations of those provisions or of any provisions of this Act then in force as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient in consequence of the partly postponed or postponed operation of any provision of this Act.
(4)The power to make an order under this section includes power to vary or revoke a previous order; and any statutory instrument containing such an order shall be laid before Parliament after being made.