The Police Act 1997 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2001

Statutory Instruments

2001 No. 1097 (C.36)

POLICE

The Police Act 1997 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2001

Made

16th March 2001

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 135 of the Police Act 1997(1), hereby makes the following Order:

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Police Act 1997 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2001.

(2) This Order extends to England and Wales.

2.—(1) Sections 120(3), 122(1) and (2) and 125 of the Police Act 1997 shall come into force on 19th March 2001.

(2) Section 120(1), (2) and (4) to (7) of the Police Act 1997 shall come into force on 1st May 2001.

Jack Straw

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

16th March 2001

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which extends to England and Wales, brings into force the following provisions of the Police Act 1997:

Section 120 (which relates to the register to be maintained by the Secretary of State for the purposes of Part V of that Act);

Section 122(1) and (2) (which relates to the code of practice to be published in connection with the use of information provided to registered persons); and

Section 125 (which relates to regulations made under Part V of the 1997 Act).

Sections 120(3) (power to make regulations about the maintenance of the register), 122(1) and (2) and 125 are brought into force on 19th March 2001 and the remaining provisions of section 120 are brought into force on 1st May 2001.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Police Act 1997 have been brought into force by commencement order made before the date of this Order.

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I. No.
Sections 1, 17, 47, 62, 129 and Schedules 1 and 2 (all partially); and sections 44 to 46, 89, 90, 128 and 130 to 132	25th June 1997	1997/1377 (C. 50)
Sections 1 and 47 and Schedules 1 and 2 (for the purposes for which they were not already in force), sections 6, 13 to 16, 18, 52, 58 to 61, 63, 88 (partially) and 134 (partially), and paragraphs 27, 28, 40, 41 (partially) and 88 of Schedule 9	23rd July 1997	1997/1377 (C. 50)
Section 101	5th August 1997	1997/1930 (C. 79)
Sections 2, 3, 48, 49, 91, 96, 109, 111, 134 (all partially), sections 25 to 27, 70 to 72, Schedule 4, paragraphs 3, 5 and 10 of Schedule 6, paragraphs 1, 2, 4, 8 to 11 and 18 of Schedule 8 and paragraphs 3, 8, 9, 29(3), 82 and 83 of Schedule 9	22nd August 1997	1997/1930 (C. 79)
Sections 17 and 61 (partially) and Schedules 3 and 5	8th October 1997	1997/1930 (C. 79)
Sections 4, 8, 9, 19, 21, 22 (partially), 28, 37 to 39, 50, 54, 55, 64, 66, 73, 81 to 83, 88 (partially) and 134 (partially), paragraphs 1 to 3, 6, 9(e) and 29 of Schedule 6, paragraphs 13, 14, 23, 38, 39, 43, 49 to 52, 55, 57, 66 to 68, 72, 73, 81, 86 and 91 of Schedule 9	31st October 1997	1997/2390 (C. 92)
Sections 2, 3, 5, 7, 10 to 12, 20, 22 to 24, 29 to 36, 38, 40 to 43, 48, 49, 51, 53, 56, 57, 65, 67 to 69, 74 to 80, 82, 84 to 87, 88 (partially), 109 to 111, 134 (partially), Schedule 6 (partially), Schedule 8 (partially), Schedule 9 (partially) and Schedule 10 (partially)	1st April 1998	1998/354 (C. 8)
Sections 91(10), 92 to 95, 96 (so far as not already in force), 97 to 100, 102 to 108, Schedule 7	22nd February 1999	1999/151 (C. 4)

(1)

1997 c. 50.