Part 8: General Commentary on Sections: Part 8 Section 148: Commencement
656.Section 148 provides for the Lord Chancellor (or the Secretary of State in relation to Chapter 3 of Part 5 or the Secretary of State or the Scottish Ministers in relation to Part 6) to specify commencement dates for provisions in the Act by order. The provisions in the Act other than sections 53 (Transfer from salaried to fee-paid judicial office), 55 (Appointment of deputy Circuit judges), 56 (Appointment of deputy district judges, etc.), 57 (Deputy, and temporary additional, Masters etc.), 60 (Appointment as Chairman of Law Commission), 145 (Power to make supplementary or other provision), 147 (Extent), 148 (Commencement), 149 (Short title) or Schedule 11 (District judges and deputy district judges) will come into force on days appointed by order. Sections 53, 55, 56 and 57 and Schedule 11 come into force on Royal Assent. Sections 145 and 147-149, as is usual for general provisions of this sort, also come into force on Royal Assent; and section 60 comes into force two months after Royal Assent.