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1

The following provisions of the 2005 Act shall come into force on 1st December 2005—

a

section 7 (testing for presence of Class A drugs);

b

section 9 (initial assessment following testing for presence of Class A drugs);

c

section 12 (attendance at initial assessment);

d

section 18 (orders under Part 3 and guidance);

e

section 19 (interpretation); and

f

section 23 (amendments and repeals) and Schedules 1 (amendments) and 2 (repeals) to the extent not already in force.

2

The following provisions of the 2005 Act shall come into force on 1st December 2005 in so far as they relate to an initial assessment required under section 9 of that Act—

a

section 11 (requirements under sections 9 and 10: supplemental);

b

section 15 (disclosure of information about assessments);

c

section 16 (samples submitted for further analysis); and

d

section 17 (relationship with Bail Act 1976 etc.).