Commentary on Sections Section 4: Short Title, Commencement and Extent
22.Subsection (1) of this section gives the short title of the Act.
23.Subsection (2) provides that the Act will come into force on such day as the Secretary of State for Health may be order appoint. Under subsection (3) such an order will be made by statutory instrument and may make such transitory, transitional or saving provision as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
24.Subsection (4) provides that any amendments made by the Schedule to an enactment have the same extent as the enactment amended. Subject to this, by subsection (5), the Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.