The Crime and Security Act 2010 (Domestic Violence: Pilot Schemes) Order (No. 2) 2011

Statutory Instruments

2011 No. 2279

Police, England And Wales

The Crime and Security Act 2010 (Domestic Violence: Pilot Schemes) Order (No. 2) 2011

Made

13th September 2011

Coming into force

7th October 2011

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 33(1) of the Crime and Security Act 2010(1).

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Crime and Security Act 2010 (Domestic Violence: Pilot Schemes) Order (No. 2) 2011, and shall come into force on 7th October 2011.

(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Crime and Security Act 2010.

Pilot Schemes

2.  Sections 24 to 30 of the Act (domestic violence) shall come into force to the extent provided in article 3, for a period from 7th October 2011 ending 29th June 2012, so that the Secretary of State may assess the effectiveness of these provisions.

3.  Sections 24 to 30 of the Act (domestic violence) shall come into force in the following areas:

(a) in the Greater Manchester police area, the Policing Divisions known as North Manchester Division, City of Salford Division and Bolton Division(2); and

(b) in the West Mercia police area, the Territorial Policing Unit known as North Worcestershire(3).

Lynne Featherstone

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Home Office

13th September 2011

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force sections 24 to 30 of the Crime and Security Act 2010 for a period from 7th October 2011 to 29th June 2012 for the purpose of assessing the effectiveness of the provisions by way of regional pilots.

The Crime and Security Act (Domestic Violence: Pilot Schemes) Order 2011 brought these sections into force for a period of 12 months from 30th June 2011 to 29th June 2012 for the purpose of three regional pilots in Greater Manchester, Wiltshire and West Mercia. This Order extends the three regional pilots to three further policing divisions in Greater Manchester and a further territorial policing unit in West Mercia.

These provisions include the power for an authorising officer to issue a domestic violence protection notice to an alleged perpetrator of domestic violence, and the power for a magistrates’ court, on application made by complaint by a constable, to make a domestic violence protection order.

(1)

2010 c.17.

(2)

The geographical area of the Greater Manchester Police is covered by 12 Policing Divisions or Basic Command Units. These are coterminous with 10 local authority areas.

http://www.gmp.police.uk/live/nhoodv3.nsf/index-divisions.html?ReadForm&Division=North%20Manchester

http://www.gmp.police.uk/live/nhoodv3.nsf/index-divisions.html?ReadForm&Division=North%20Salford

http://www.gmp.police.uk/live/nhoodv3.nsf/index-divisions.html?ReadForm&Division=North%20Bolton

(3)

A link is provided for the Territorial Policing Unit known as North Worcestershire on the West Mercia Police Force website: http://www.westmercia.police.uk/localpolicing/north-worcestershire.