Article 2

(1)

Subject to article 3, the provisions of the 2003 Act specified in paragraph (2) shall come into force on 1^st January 2006.

(2)

The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are –

(a)

section 43 (applications by prosecution for certain fraud cases to be conducted without a jury);

(b)

section 45 (procedure for applications under sections 43 and 44), in so far as it applies to applications under section 43;

(c)

section 48 (further provision about trials without a jury), in so far as it applies to orders under section 43;

(d)

section 50 (application of Part 7 to Northern Ireland), in so far as it applies to applications and orders under section 43; and

(e)

in Schedule 36 (further minor and consequential amendments), Part 4.