Commentary on Sections and Schedules Final Section 41: Commencement
218.This section provides when and how the provisions of the Act are to come into force.
219.The provisions listed in subsection (1) come into force automatically on the day the Act is enacted. They include the provisions to extend access to the existing Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme in section 29 and Schedule 9; the provisions to reform the pension arrangements of the great offices of state in section 33 and Schedule 11; and the general provisions in sections 36 to 41.
220.By subsection (2), the remaining provisions are to be brought into force on such day or days as appointed by the Treasury in an order. By subsection (3) such an order may appoint different days for different purposes, and may make provisions with transitional, transitory or saving effect.