Article 2 Appointed day
The appointed day for the coming into operation of the following provisions of the Act is 22nd April 2013—
section 2(1) and (3) (service agreements);
section 15 (holding companies and subsidiaries);
section 29 (exercise of enforcement powers authorised persons and constables);
section 31(1) (prosecutions);
section 32 (approved capital expenditure);
section 33 (services for benefit of certain sections of the public);
section 36 (supplementary);
section 38 (acquisition of land by agreement or compulsorily);
section 39 (disposal of land acquired under section 38);
section 40 (powers to obtain information and enter land);
section 42 (conduct of persons at bus stations);
section 43 (shared transport facilities);
section 44 (application of Act to partnerships);
section 45 (regulations general);
section 47(2) and Schedule 2 only insofar as they relate to the repeal of sections 11 and 75A of the Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 and Article 6 of the Transport (Northern Ireland) Order 1977.