Commentary on provisions of Act Section 3: Extent, commencement and short title
Subsections (1) and (2) of this section set out the extent of the Act. The Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, apart from section 2(1), which extends to Northern Ireland only.
	Subsection (3) provides that the section comes into force on the day on which the Act is passed.
	Subsections (4) to (8) give the Secretary of State the power to commence the provisions in the Act through subsequent commencement regulations, and make transitional, transitory or saving provisions in connection with commencement. The transitional, transitory or saving regulations may make different provision for different purposes or areas.
	Subsection (9) states that the Act may be cited as the Ballot Secrecy Act 2023.