Commentary on Sections Part 4 - Supplementary Section 48: Extent
166.This section sets out the territorial extent of the various provisions in the Act.  Part 1 of the Act extends to the whole of the United Kingdom.  Parts 2 and 3 of the Act operate by amending existing legislation.  In order to ensure that they work coherently with that legislation, the section provides that they have the same extent as the enactment that they are amending or repealing.  In most cases this means they will extend to the United Kingdom, but in some instances in Part 2 they will extend to Gibraltar as well.  Part 4, which includes supplementary provision about the Act, extends to the United Kingdom and Gibraltar.