Part 5: Final Provisions Section 58: Consequential provision
Subsection (1) gives effect to Schedule 13, which makes amendments to existing primary and secondary legislation. Subsection (2) provides the appropriate national authority, defined in subsection (3) as the Secretary of State, the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland or the Scottish Ministers, with the power to, by regulations, make provisions in consequence of this Act.
	Subsection (4) provides that regulations under subsection (2) may amend legislation, whenever passed or made (legislation is defined in section 60 as including both primary and subordinate legislation; these terms are further defined in that section). Regulations made under subsection (2) are subject to either the affirmative or negative Parliamentary procedure, depending on whether they amend primary legislation (see subsections (5) and (6)).
	Subsection (7) provides that the power for the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland or the Scottish Ministers to make regulations under subsection (2) is subject to section 59(10) or (11).
	Subsection (8) allows the Secretary of State to make regulations to replace any reference in this Act to the commencement of a provision of the Act with a reference to the actual date on which the provision comes into force. In addition, a reference in the Act to the date of the Act’s first reading (as a Bill) in the House of Commons may be replaced with the actual date of first reading. A similar power is also provided in respect of references to "specified day" in Part 4 of the Act. This will enable a person reading the Act to have a clear idea of whether the provision is currently in force.