The Act – an Overview Part 4 General and Supplementary Section 100:  Short title, Crown application and commencement
406.Subsection (2) provides that the Act binds the Crown.
407.Subsections (3) and (4) provides that the Act (excluding this section and section 98, which are effective from the day the Bill received Royal Assent – 25 February 2003) will come into force on such day as Ministers may by order appoint, and that different days may be appointed for different purposes.