2Commencement

2 Commencement

(1)  Except as provided in this section and subject to subsection (3) , this Act shall commence on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(2)  Section 6 and Schedule 2 shall be deemed to have commenced on 30th September 1981.

(3)  *[Section 2 Subsection (3) amended by No. 46 of 1991, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ]*Where the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent is a day before the day fixed by proclamation under section 2 (2) of the Police Offences Amendment Act (No. 2) 1985 –

(a) section 7 (1) and Schedule 3 shall commence on that first-mentioned day; and

(b) section 7 (2) and Schedule 4 shall be repealed.

(4)  Where the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent is a day on or after the day fixed by proclamation under section 2 (2) of the Police Offences Amendment Act (No. 2) 1985 –

(a) section 7 (2) and Schedule 4 shall commence; and

(b) section 7 (1) and Schedule 3 shall be repealed –

on the day so fixed by proclamation.