Part 2: Final Provisions Section 97: Report by Secretary of State on status of non-devolved provisions of this Act
This section sets out the procedure for the Secretary of State to report to Parliament every two months on the status of the non-devolved provisions of Part 1 of the Act. The report must set out whether those provisions in Part 1 are in force and whether during the two month period (the "reporting period") any of those provisions have been commenced under section 97(2), suspended or revived under section 88(1) or (3), or the expiry date in relation to the provision has been altered under section 90(1) or (2). Subsection (8) obliges the Secretary of State to present the report to Parliament, and if the Secretary of State does not do so then subsection (9) obliges the Secretary of State to explain why.