Part 3U.K.Miscellaneous and General

GeneralU.K.

[F127General interpretationU.K.

(1)In this Act—

• “ the Commission ” means the Social Mobility Commission;

• “financial year” means the 12 months ending with 31 March;

• “Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975;

• “Northern Ireland strategy” has the meaning given by section 12(2);

• “the relevant Northern Ireland department” means the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister.

(2)In this Act “appointed day for Northern Ireland” means such day as a Minister of the Crown may by order with the consent of the Northern Ireland Assembly appoint (and different days may be appointed for the purposes of different provisions of this Act).]

28 F2 ... orders U.K.

(1)Any power to make F3... an order under this Act is exercisable by statutory instrument.

(2)Any F4... order under this Act may—

(a)make different provision for different cases,

(b)include supplementary, incidental and consequential provision, and

(c)make transitional provisions and savings.

(3)A power conferred by any provision of this Act to make F5... an order includes power to provide for a person to exercise a discretion in dealing with any matter.

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29Financial provisionsU.K.

There is to be paid out of money provided by Parliament—

(a)any expenditure incurred under or by virtue of this Act by a Minister of the Crown, and

(b)any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable under any other Act out of money so provided.

30ExtentU.K.

(1)Except as provided by subsections (2) to (4), the provisions of this Act extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

F7( 2 ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3)[F8Part 1] extends to Northern Ireland only.

(4)[F9Section 26 extends] to England and Wales only.

31CommencementU.K.

(1)This Act, except Part 2 and section 26, comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed.

(2)Part 2 and section 26 come into force at the end of the period of 2 months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.

32Short titleU.K.

This Act may be cited as the [F10Life Chances Act 2010].