(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings section 3(1) of the Private Security Industry Act 2001 into force on 13th September 2004 in the Avon and Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire police areas and on 27th September 2004 in the Dyfed Powys, Gwent, North Wales and South Wales police areas. Section 3(1) creates an offence of engaging in any licensable conduct except under and in accordance with a licence.
Section 3(2)(a) to (i) of the Act, which identifies certain forms of licensable conduct for the purposes of the Act, is brought into force in the Dyfed Powys, Gwent, North Wales and South Wales police areas on 27th September 2004.