Section 5 Extent, commencement and short titleI1

An amendment made by this Act has the same extent as the provision to which it relates.

This section extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Subject to subsections (4), (5) and (6), this Act comes into force on such day or days as the Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument appoint.

Section 3(4) comes into force at the same time as section 34 of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008.

Section 4 comes into force at the same time as Article 127(2)(b) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1)).

This section comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed.

The Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument make transitional or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of sections 1 to 3.

The Department for Communities in Northern Ireland may by regulations make transitional or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of section 4.

The power to make regulations under subsection (8) is exercisable by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1573 (N.I. 12)).

This Act may be cited as the Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Act 2023.