Part 5: General Section 71: Commencement
Section 71 details the commencement arrangements for the Act.
	Subsection (1) provides that the consequential provisions in section 69(2)-(8), the transitional provisions in section 70 and Schedule 7, the commencement provisions in section 71 and the short title provision in section 72 all commence on Royal Assent.
	Subsection (2) provides that sections 1, 2, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 43 (and sections 39(4) and (6) and 42(4) for the purposes of section 43), 48(2), 50 and 51 all commence two months after Royal Assent. The same provision is made for sections 9 and 10, but only so far as they relate to a provision of an Assembly Bill that would change the name of the Assembly (or confer power to do so). In other words, the super-majority provisions in sections 9 and 10 only commence two months after Royal Assent to the extent required for the commencement of section 16 on that date.
	Subsection (3) states that section 3, Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 (which add section 108A, Schedule 7A and Schedule 7B respectively to GoWA) will commence on the "principal appointed day" which is to be set out in regulations made under this subsection. The Welsh Ministers and the Assembly’s Presiding Officer must be consulted by the Secretary of State before such regulations are made.
	Subsection (4) allows the Secretary of State to commence the remaining provisions of the Act by regulations, either on the principal appointed day or another date. The commencement of the remaining provisions of the Act is not subject to the consultation requirement of subsection (3).
	Subsection (5) provides that the power to make regulations under this section is exercisable by statutory instrument.
	Subsection (6) requires a four month period between the regulations under subsections (3) or (4) being laid, and the "principal appointed day" under subsection (3) or other commencement day under subsection (4).
	Subsection (7) allows regulations under this section to appoint different days for different purposes. However, this does not apply to the commencement of the reserved powers model (section 3 and Schedules 1 and 2).