Commencement2

The following provisions of the 2006 Act shall come into force on 6th April 2007—

a

sections 23 and 24 (persistently selling alcohol to children);

b

section 26 (designated public places);

c

sections 28 to 29 (dangerous weapons);

d

section 30 (minimum sentences for certain firearms offences);

e

section 31(3) (prohibition on sale or transfer of air weapons except by registered dealers) in so far as it makes provision for the interpretation of the following provisions of the Firearms Act 19682—

i

sections 33 to 39 and 45;

ii

section 56 in so far as that provision applies to a notice required or authorised by section 36 or 38 of that Act;

iii

Schedule 5; and

iv

the definition of “registered” in section 57(4) as that term applies to the provisions in paragraphs (i) to (iii);

f

section 35 (restriction on sale and purchase of primers);

g

section 49 and Schedule 1 (consequential amendments relating to minimum sentences);

h

section 50 (supplemental provisions for Part 2) to the following extent—

i

subsections (1), (2) and (5);

ii

subsection (3) in so far as it makes provision for sections 46, 51(4), 52 and 58 of the Firearms Act 1968 to apply as if sections 28, 29 and 35 of the 2006 Act were contained in that Act; and

iii

in subsection (4), paragraphs (a) and (b) and, in so far as it relates to sections 28 and 29 of the 2006 Act, paragraph (d);

i

section 51 in so far as it relates to the entries in Schedule 2 (weapons etc.: corresponding provisions for Northern Ireland) referred to in sub-paragraph (j);

j

in Schedule 2—

i

paragraphs 1 to 3; and

ii

in paragraph 14—

aa

sub-paragraphs (1) and (2);

bb

sub-paragraph (3) in so far as it makes provision for articles 52, 69(4), 72 and 81 of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 20043 to apply as if paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 2 to the 2006 Act were contained in that Order; and

cc

sub-paragraph (4)(b) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 2 to the 2006 Act;

k

sections 52 and 53 and Schedule 3 (football);

l

section 62 (offering or agreeing to re-programme a mobile telephone);

m

section 65 (repeals) in so far as it relates to the entries in Schedule 5 (repeals) referred to in sub-paragraph (n); and

n

in Schedule 5 (repeals) the entries relating to—

i

section 51A(1)(a)(i) of the Firearms Act 1968;

ii

the Magistrates’ Courts Act 19804;

iii

the Mental Health Act 19835;

iv

section 36(2)(b) of the Criminal Justice Act 19886;

v

the Football Spectators Act 19897;

vi

section 166 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 19948;

vii

the Data Protection Act 19989;

viii

section 51A(12) of the Crime and Disorder Act 199810;

ix

the Football (Offences and Disorder) Act 199911;

x

paragraph 158 of Schedule 13 to the Access to Justice Act 199912;

xi

section 164(3) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 200013;

xii

the Football (Disorder) Act 200014;

xiii

the Football (Disorder) (Amendment) Act 200215;

xiv

the Mobile Telephones (Re-programming) Act 200216;

xv

section 37(3) of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 200317;

xvi

paragraph 331 of Schedule 8 to the Courts Act 200318; and

xvii

section 150 of, and paragraph 41 of Schedule 26 to, the Criminal Justice Act 200319.