Article 2 Commencement of provisions
The following provisions of the 2004 Act shall come into force on 1st September 2004—
(a)
section 1 (payment of Class 1 contributions: Great Britain);
(b)
section 2 (payment of Class 1 contributions: Northern Ireland);
(c)
section 3 (agreements and joint elections: Great Britain);
(d)
section 4 (agreements and joint elections: Northern Ireland);
(e)
section 5 (recovery of contributions, etc: Great Britain);
(f)
section 6 (recovery of contributions, etc: Northern Ireland).