2.

Section 5 of the 2001 Act (offence of using unlicensed security operative) shall come into force on 1st December 2004 in the police areas2 of–

(a)

Avon and Somerset;

(b)

Cheshire;

(c)

Cumbria;

(d)

Devon and Cornwall;

(e)

Dorset;

(f)

Dyfed Powys;

(g)

Gloucestershire;

(h)

Greater Manchester;

(i)

Gwent;

(j)

Hampshire;

(k)

Lancashire;

(l)

Leicestershire;

(m)

Merseyside;

(n)

North Wales;

(o)

South Wales;

(p)

Staffordshire;

(q)

Warwickshire;

(r)

West Mercia;

(s)

West Midlands; and

(t)

Wiltshire.