Commentary on provisions of Act Section 7: Commencement
Section 7 provides that the Act comes into force on the day on which the CPTPP enters into force for the UK, subject to the following exceptions set out in sections 7(2), 7(3) and 7(4):
Section 7(2) provides that the following sections came into force on the day on which the Act received Royal Assent:
section 1 (meaning of "the CPTPP");
section 2 (treatment of conformity assessment bodies etc);
section 5(3) and (7) (amendment to section 206(4) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988), and section 5(1) in so far as it relates to section 5(3);
section 6 (extent);
section 7 (commencement);
section 8 (short title).
Section 7(3) provides that section 3(2) (and section 3(1) so far as it relates to that provision) comes into force at the same time as Schedule 2 to the Procurement Act 2023.
Section 7(4) provides that section 3(3) (and section 3(1) so far as it relates to that provision) comes into force at the same time as Schedule 9 to the Procurement Act 2023.