Commencement: abolition of the Agency and its Director2

1

Subject to articles 3 to 14, the following provisions of the 2007 Act shall come into force on 1st April 2008—

a

section 74(2)(a), (b), (c), (d) (to the extent not already in force), (e), (f) and (g) (to the extent not already in force) together with Schedule 8 (to the extent not already in force) (abolition of the Agency and its Director);

b

section 74(4) (definition of SOCA);

c

section 92 (repeals and revocations) in so far as it relates to the entries in Schedule 14 in sub-paragraph (d); and

d

in Schedule 14 (repeals and revocations) the entries relating to—

i

the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 19673;

ii

the Criminal Appeal Act 19684;

iii

the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 19805;

iv

the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 19816;

v

the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 19857;

vi

the Insolvency Act 19868;

vii

the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 19899;

viii

the Police Act 199610;

ix

the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 199811;

x

the Access to Justice Act 199912;

xi

the 2002 Act;

xii

the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 200313;

xiii

the Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 200314;

xiv

section 21(1)(b) of, and paragraph 98 of Schedule 4 to, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 200515;

xv

the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 200516;

xvi

the Gambling Act 200517;

xvii

the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 200718; and

xviii

the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 200719.

2

Section 77 of, and paragraph 9(1), (5) and (6) of Schedule 10 to, the 2007 Act (further provisions about detained cash investigations) shall come into force on 1st April 2008 for the purpose of civil recovery investigations and the amendment made by paragraph 107(3) of Schedule 8 to that Act.