4. 31st December 2004 is the appointed day for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act—
(a)sections 15, 18, 33, 34, 36, 39 and 54;
(b)in Schedule 1 (minor and consequential amendments), paragraphs 26, 27 and 42(3); and
(c)in Schedule 2 (repeals), the entries relating to sections 67 and 176 of the 1992 Act and the entry relating to section 23(5) of the Employment Relations Act 1999(1) .