Commencement
Section 153 of the Act provides that most of its sections will come into force on dates to be determined by the Secretary of State. However the restriction on prison officers' right to strike came into force on royal assent (8 May 2008), and the abolition of the offence of blasphemy came into force two months later.
Fourteen commencement orders have been made under section 153. The second one brought most of the remaining provisions into effect on 14 July 2008.
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