Section 5 Short title, etc.

This Act may be cited as the House of Commons (Administration) Act 1978.

In this Act—

• “the Accounting Officer” has the meaning given by section 3(2) of this Act,

• “the Commission” means the House of Commons Commission,

• “House Departments” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of this Act.

Schedule 2 to this Act (supplementary and consequential provisions) shall have effect.

The enactments in Schedule 3 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

The following provisions of this Act, namely—

• section 2,

• paragraphs 3 to 5 of Schedule 2, and

• Schedule 3,

shall not come into force until 1st January 1979.