(1)
This Act comes into force—
on 1 or more dates set by Order in Council; or
to the extent not brought into force earlier, on the fifth anniversary of the date of Royal assent.
This Act comes into force on 1 or more dates set by Order in Council, unless this section provides otherwise.
(1A)
Section 4 and Schedules 33, 34, and 35 (amendments to Legislation Act 2019) and section 6 (amendments to Legislation (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2019) come into force on the day after the date of Royal assent.
(1B)
If any provision of this Act has not come into force before the fifth anniversary of the date of Royal assent,—
in the case of an item, or any part of an item, in any of Schedules 1 to 32, it is repealed on that fifth anniversary without coming into force; or
otherwise, it comes into force on that fifth anniversary.
(2)
One or more Orders in Council may set different dates for different provisions (and, for that purpose, may commence a provision only for the purpose of giving effect to some, but not other, parts of this Act).
(3)
An Order in Council under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).