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Article 2 Commencement of Act

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(1)

Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) below and to section 9(3) of the Act, the Act, so far as not already in force, shall come into force on 26th May 1997.

(2)

Section 2 of the Act shall come into force on force on 28th July 1997.

(3)

The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 1st April 1999:–

(a)

the Schedule, so far as it repeals–

(i)

provisions in the Land Drainage (Scotland) Act 1930f1; and

(ii)

the Land Drainage (Scotland) Act 1941f2; and

(b)

section 8, so far as it relates to the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (a) above.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

1930 c. 20.

f2

1941 c. 13.