Provisions coming into force on 6th April 2010
4.—(1) The following provisions of the 2009 Act shall come into force on 6th April 2010 in the relevant local justice areas(1)—
(a)section 178 (repeals), so far as it relates to the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (b); and
(b)in Part 3 of Schedule 23 (criminal evidence and procedure), the repeals relating to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984(2) and section 57C of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998(3).
(2) The relevant local justice areas are—
(a)in London: Barking and Dagenham; Barnet; Bexley; Brent; Bromley; Camden and Islington; City of London; City of Westminster; Croydon; Ealing; Enfield; Greenwich and Lewisham; Hackney and Tower Hamlets; Hammersmith and Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea; Haringey; Harrow Gore; Havering; Hillingdon; Hounslow; Kingston-upon-Thames; Lambeth and Southwark; Merton; Newham; Redbridge; Richmond-upon-Thames; Sutton; Waltham Forest; and Wandsworth; and
(b)in Kent: Central Kent; East Kent; and North Kent.
The local justice areas into which England and Wales is divided are specified in the Local Justice Areas Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/554).