1.— (1) This Act may be cited as the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012.

(2) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister may appoint by order or orders either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or provisions.

(3) An order under subsection (2) may, in respect of the repeal of the Act of 1999 or the provision of the Act of 1997, specified in Part 1 of Schedule 2, and the revocation of the statutory instrument specified in Part 2 of that Schedule effected by section 6, appoint different days for the repeal of those Acts or different provisions of them and the revocation of different provisions of that statutory instrument.