Section 53 — Extent
This version in force from 2020-11-23
Snapshot: 2026-08-24
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(1) Subject as follows, this Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
(2) In Schedule 8—
(a) Part 1 extends to Scotland only;
(b) Part 2 extends to England and Wales only;
(c) Part 3 extends to Northern Ireland only.
(3) An amendment, repeal or revocation made by this Act has the same extent as the provision amended, repealed or revoked.
(4) But an amendment, repeal or revocation does not, by virtue of subsection (3), extend to any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.
(5) Subsection (4) does not apply to the repeals and revocations made by paragraphs 3 to 5 of Schedule 4.
(6) Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide for the following provisions of this Act to extend, with or without modifications, to any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man—
(a) subsection (1)(a) of section 36 (power to make provision for the purpose of implementing international obligations),
(b) subsections (4) to (6) of that section,
(c) section 37 (interpretation of section 36),
(d) sections 39 to 41 (regulations under section 36: scope and procedure),
(e) section 51 (regulations), and
(f) section 52 (interpretation).