Part 13: General Section 255: Commencement and transitional provision Effect
Section 255 makes provision for the commencement of provisions in the Act.
	Subsections (1)(a), (2)(a), (2)(e), (2)(g), (2)(i), (2)(k), (2)(o), (2)(q), (8) and (10)(a) provide for the provisions set out to commence on the day this Act is passed.
	Subsections (1)(b), (2)(c), (2)(d), (2)(f), (2)(h),(2)(j), (2)(l), (2)(n), (2)(s), (3)(a), (5), (6) and (9)(b) provide for the provisions set out to commence two months after this Act is passed.
	Subsection (2)(b)(i) provides for the commencement of certain amendments made by Schedule 4 where the legislation being amended has not come into force within two months of this Act being enacted. In that circumstance the amendments made by Schedule 4 commence concurrently with the amended legislation coming into effect. In any other case the amendments to which subsection (2)(b)(i) relate commence two months after this Act is passed.
	Subsections (2)(b)(ii), (2)(m), (2)(p), (2)(r), (3)(b), (4), (7) and (9)(a) provide for the Secretary of State to set the date on which provisions set out commence. Subsection (11) permits that power to be used so that commencement for those provisions can be different in different areas and for different purposes.
	Subsection (10)(b) provides for section 248 (which substitutes "assimilated direct legislation" for the reference in this Act to "retained direct EU legislation") to commence at the end of the calendar year 2023.
	Subsection (12) allows regulations to make provision in connection with the commencement of any provision in this Act. Subsection (13) permits that power to be used differently for different areas and purposes and allows the Secretary of State to determine how matters covered by those regulations are to be treated. Subsection (14) provides for how to make regulations under subsection (12).