
1 
This Order may be cited as the Code of Practice on Equal Pay (Appointed Day) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 26th March 1997.
2 
The day appointed as the day on which the Code of Practice on Equal Pay , to be issued by the Commission on 25th March 1997 under subsections (1) and (7) of section 56A of the Act in the form of the modified draft laid before Parliament on 23rd October 1996, shall come into effect is 26th March 1997.
Gillian Shephard
Secretary of State for Education and Employment
21st January 1997