16 Extent and application to the Crown

(1)Section 15 shall extend to Scotland, but otherwise this Act shall not extend to Scotland.

(2)This Act, except section 15, extends to Northern Ireland.

(3)This Act shall bind the Crown, but as regards the Crown’s liability in tort shall not bind the Crown further than the Crown is made liable in tort by the M1Crown Proceedings Act 1947.

17 Short title, etc

(1)This Act may be cited as the Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977.

(2)This Act shall come into force on such day as the Lord Chancellor may by order contained in a statutory instrument appoint, and such an order may appoint different dates for different provisions or for different purposes.

(3)Schedule 2 to this Act contains transitional provisions.