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1
Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), the following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 1st March 2006.
2
Those provisions are—
a
section 6 (annual plans);
b
sections 43 and 44(1) (designation of SOCA staff);
c
section 55(1) (complaints and misconduct) so far as it relates to the entry in sub-paragraph (e);
d
section 55(2);
e
paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 (complaints and misconduct).
3
Section 6(9) shall not apply in respect of the annual plan for the financial year ending on 31st March 2007.
4
During the period from 1st to 31st March 2006—
a
the references in section 43 to a member of the staff of SOCA include a person who is due to become such a member on or after 1st April 2006; and
b
the reference in section 44(1) to an employee of SOCA includes a person who is due to become such an employee on or after 1st April 2006.