Welsh Statutory Instruments

2007 No. 3251 (W.286) (C.133)

CRIMINAL LAW, WALES

The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Order 2007

Made

13 November 2007

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on the National Assembly for Wales by section 53(5) of the Police and Justice Act 2006(1) and now vested in them(2), make the following Order:

Title and application

1.—(1) This Order is called the Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Order 2007.

(2) This Order applies in relation to Wales.

Commencement

2. Paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 9 of the Police and Justice Act 2006 in so far as relating to fire and rescue authorities in Wales, and section 22 of that Act in so far as relating to that paragraph, come into force on 19 November 2007.

Brian Gibbons

Minister for Social Justice and Local Government, one of the Welsh Ministers

13 November 2007

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force in Wales on 19 November 2007 those provisions of the Police and Justice Act 2006 set out in article 2.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Police and Justice Act 2006 have been brought into force in Wales by commencement orders made by the Secretary of State before the date of this Order:

Provision	Date of commencement	S.I. Number
Section 1 (in part)	1 April 2007	2007/709
Section 2 (in part)	15 January 2007	2006/3364
	1 April 2007	2007/709
	29 June 2007	2007/1614
Section 3	29 June 2007	2007/1614
Section 4	31 March 2007	2007/709
Section 6	1 April 2007	2007/709
Section 7 (in part)	1 April 2007	2007/709
Section 8	1 April 2007	2007/709
Section 9 (in part)	1 April 2007	2007/709
Section 10	1 April 2007	2007/709
Section 11	15 January 2007	2006/3364
Section 12	1 April 2007	2007/1614
Section 13	29 June 2007	2007/1614
Sections 15 and 16	1 April 2007	2007/709
Section 18	29 June 2007	2007/1614
Section 22	19 November 2007	2007/3073
Sections 28 to 33	1 April 2007	2007/709
Section 41	29 June 2007	2007/1614
Section 42 (in part)	15 January 2007	2006/3364
Section 44	15 January 2007	2006/3364
Section 45	15 January 2007 1 April 2007	2006/3364 2007/709
Section 46 (in relation to specified local justice areas)	1 April 2007	2007/709
Section 47	15 January 2007	2006/3364
Section 48	15 January 2007	2006/3364
Section 52 (in part)	15 January 2007	2006/3364
	1 April 2007	2007/709
	29 June 2007	2007/1614
	19 November 2007	2007/3073
Schedule 1 (in part)	1 April 2007	2007/709
Schedule 2 (in part)	15 January 2007	2006/3364
	1 April 2007	2007/709
	29 June 2007	2007/1614
Schedule 4	1 April 2007	2007/709
Schedule 5 (in part)	1 April 2007	2007/709
Schedules 6 and 7	1 April 2007	2007/709
Schedule 9	19 November 2007	2007/3073
Schedule 13 (in part)	15 January 2007	2006/3364
Schedule 14 (in part)	15 January 2007	2006/3364
	1 April 20076	2007/709
Schedule 15 (in part)	15 January 2007	2006/3364
	1 April 2007	2007/709
	19 November 2007	2007/3073

(1)

2006 c. 48.

(2)

The powers of the National Assembly for Wales under section 53(5) are now transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).