{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inquiries-act-2005/section-51",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inquiries-act-2005/section-51.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/12",
  "legislation_title": "Inquiries Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inquiries-act-2005",
  "path": "section/51",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "(1) The preceding provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Lord Chancellor may appoint by order made by statutory instrument.\n(2) Before making an order under this section the Lord Chancellor must consult the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers and the First Minister and deputy First Minister.\n(3) An order under this section—\n(a) may include any transitory, transitional or saving provision that the Secretary of State considers necessary or expedient;\n(b) may appoint different days for different purposes.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 51(2) substituted by Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), s. 160, Sch. 10 para. 97, (with Sch. 11 para. 22), the amending provision coming into force immediately after \"the 2007 election\" (held on 3.5.2007) subject to s. 161(4)(5) of the amending Act, which provides for certain provisions to come into force for specified purposes immediately after the end of \"the initial period\" (which ended with the day of the first appointment of a First Minister on 25.5.2007) - see ss. 46, 161(1)(4)(5) of the amending Act"
    },
    {
      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "S. 51(1) power wholly exercised; 7.6.2005 appointed by {S.I. 2005/1432}, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/12/section/51",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:11.053471+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}