§ Mr. Robert Taylorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list those sections of the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978 which are now in effect, those in respect of which commencement orders have been made but are not yet in effect and those where commencement orders are still to be made; and if he will make a statement with regard to the latter.
§ Mr. BrittanSections 16–18, 28, 29(1), (2) and (5), 30, 40 and 73–90 are in force, together with schedule 1 and related parts of schedules 2 and 3. We hope to be able to make a further commencement order within the next three months which will fix a date for the implementation of the remaining provisions of the Act except those relating to the Children Act 1975. No commencement orders have been made which are not yet in effect.