Section 27 Commencement and duration.C1C2

Subject to subsections (2), (3) and (4) below, this Act shall come into force on 22nd March 1989.

Sections 22 to 24 shall come into force on the day after that on which this Act is passed.

Schedule 3 and paragraphs 8 to 10, 18 to 20, 28 to 30 and 34 of Schedule 4 shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by an order made by statutory instrument; and different days may be appointed for different provisions or different purposes and for England and Wales, for Scotland and for Northern Ireland.

The repeal by Schedule 9 of paragraph 9 of Schedule 7 shall come into force on the coming into force of the M1Land Registration Act 1988.

The provisions of Parts I to V of this Act and of subsection (6)(c) below shall remain in force until 22nd March 1990 and shall then expire unless continued in force by an order under subsection (6) below.

The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument provide—

No order shall be made under subsection (6) above unless—

An order under that subsection of which a draft has not been approved under section (7) above—

In reckoning for the purposes of subsection (8) above the period of forty days no account shall be taken of any period during which Parliament is dissolved or prorogued or during which both Houses are adjourned for more than four days.

In subsection (5) above the reference to Parts I to V of this Act does not include a reference to the provisions of Parts III and V so far as they have effect in Northern Ireland and relate to proscribed organisations for the purposes of F2section 30 of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996 or offences or orders under that section.

The provisions excluded by subsection (10) above from subsection (5) shall remain in force until F415th June 1999 and then expire but shall be—

The expiry or cesser of sections 22 and 23 above shall not affect the operation of those sections in relation to an offence committed while they where in force.