3. Subject to articles 6 and 7 the following provisions of the 2006 Act shall come into force on 1st April 2007—
(a)section 1 (national policing improvement agency) and Schedule 1 (national policing improvement agency) other than paragraph 30(3) of that Schedule;
(b)section 2 (amendments to the 1996 Act) in so far as it relates to the entries in Schedule 2 (amendments to the 1996 Act) referred to in sub-paragraph (c);
(c)paragraphs 16 to 23 and 27 to 29 of Schedule 2;
(d)section 6 (consultation with APA and ACPO) and Schedule 4 (consultation with APA and ACPO);
(e)section 7(2) (standard powers and duties of community support officers);
(f)section 8 (community support officers: power to deal with truants);
(g)section 9 (exercise of police powers by civilians) in so far as it relates to the entry in paragraphs 4 and 5(2)(a) of Schedule 5 (exercise of police powers by civilians);
(h)paragraphs 4 and 5(2)(a) of Schedule 5;
(i)section 10 (police bail) and Schedule 6 (police bail);
(j)section 12 (power to stop and search at aerodromes);
(k)section 15 (accreditation of weights and measures inspectors) and Schedule 7 (insertions into the 2002 Act);
(l)section 16 (power to apply accreditation provisions);
(m)Part 4 (inspectorates)(1);
(n)section 45 (attendance by accused at certain preliminary hearings) to the extent not already in force and section 46 (live link bail), in the local justice area(2) of Lambeth and Southwark;
(o)section 52 (amendments and repeals) in so far as it relates to the entries in Schedules 14 (minor and consequential amendments) and 15 (repeals and revocations) in sub-paragraphs (p) to (t);
(p)paragraphs 1, 5, 8, 11, 14, 16, 30, 31, 35, 37, 40, 42 to 46, 48, 52, 58 and 60 of Schedule 14;
(q)Part 1(A) (national policing improvement agency) of Schedule 15;
(r)in Part 1(B) (other repeals relating to Part 1) of Schedule 15 the entries relating to —
(i)sections 6(4), 15(3), 30(3) and (4), 41A and 41B of the 1996 Act;
(ii)the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996(3); and
(iii)sections 5 and 96 of the 2002 Act;
(s)in Part 1(B) (other repeals relating to Part 1) of Schedule 15 the entries relating to —
(i)the Employment Rights Act 1996(4);
(ii)the Greater London Authority Act 1999(5);
(iii)the Insolvency Act 2000(6);
(iv)section 94 of the 2002 Act; and
(v)the Courts Act 2003(7);
(t)in Part 2 of Schedule 15 (repeals: powers of police etc) the entries relating to—
(i)the Aviation Security Act 1982(8);
(ii)the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984(9); and
(iii)the Criminal Justice Act 2003(10).
Part 4 contains provisions relating to Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons, Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Constabulary, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of the National Probation Service for England and Wales, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Court Administration and transitional provisions.
The local justice areas into which England and Wales is divided are specified in the Local Justice Areas Order 2005 (2005/554) .