The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 7 and Savings Provision) Order 2008

Statutory Instruments

2008 No. 311 (C. 11)

Police, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 7 and Savings Provision) Order 2008

Made

11th February 2008

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 49(3)(c) and 53(1) of the Police and Justice Act 2006(1).

1.  This Order may be cited as the Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 7 and Savings Provision) Order 2008.

2.  The following provisions of the Police and Justice Act 2006 shall come into force on 14th March 2008—

(a) section 2 (amendments to the 1996 Act) in so far as it relates to the entries in Schedule 2 (amendments to the 1996 Act) referred to in sub-paragraph (b);

(b) paragraphs 9 and 10 of Schedule 2;

(c) section 52 (amendments and repeals) in so far as it relates to the entries in Schedule 15 (repeals and revocations) referred to in sub-paragraph (d);

(d) in Part 1(B) of Schedule 15 (repeals: other repeals relating to Part 1) the entry relating to sections 6A, 7, 8 and 9 of the Police Act 1996(2).

3.  Nothing in the coming into force of paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 to the Police and Justice Act 2006 and the repeal of section 9 of the Police Act 1996 (annual reports by police authorities) shall affect the duties of a police authority to issue a report under that section for the financial year ending 31st March 2008.

Tony McNulty

Minister of State

Home Office

11th February 2008

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 2 of this Order brings into force paragraphs 9 and 10 of Schedule 2 to the Police and Justice Act 2006. Article 3 provides that despite the repeal of the obligation on police authorities to issue annual reports under section 9 of the Police Act 1996 police authorities shall be required to issue a report under that section for the year ending 31st March 2008.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Act have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order:

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I. No.
Section 1	1st April 2007	2007/709
Section 2 (in part)	15th January 2007	2006/3364
	1st April 2007	2007/709
	29th June 2007	2007/1614
Section 3	29th June 2007	2007/1614
Section 4	31st March 2007	2007/709
Section 5	31st December 2007	2007/3203
Section 6	1st April 2007	2007/709
Section 7	1st April 2007	2007/709
	1st December 2007	2007/3203
Section 8	1st April 2007	2007/709
Section 9 (in part)	1st April 2007	2007/709
	1st December 2007	2007/3203
Section 10	1st April 2007	2007/709
Section 11	15th January 2007	2006/3364
Section 12	1st April 2007	2007/709
Section 13	29th June 2007	2007/1614
Sections 15 and 16	1st April 2007	2007/709
Section 18	29th June 2007	2007/1614
Section 22 (in relation to England)	1st August 2007	2007/1614
(in relation to Wales)	19th November 2007	2007/3073
Section 23 to 25 (in relation to England)	29th June 2007	2007/1614
Sections 26 and 27 (in relation to England)	6th April 2007	2007/709
Sections 28 to 33	1st April 2007	2007/709
Section 41	29th June 2007	2007/1614
Section 42	15th January 2007	2006/3364
Section 44	15th January 2007	2006/3364
Section 45	15th January 2007	2006/3364
	1st April 2007	2007/709
Section 46 (in relation to specified local justice areas)	1st April 2007	2007/709
Section 47	15th January 2007	2006/3364
Section 48	15th January 2007	2006/3364
Section 52 (in part)	15th January 2007	2006/3364
	1st April 2007	2007/709
	6th April 2007	2007/709
	1st December 2007	2007/3203
Section 52 (in part in relation to Wales)	29th June 2007	2007/1614
	19th November 2007	2007/3073
Schedule 1 (in part)	1st April 2007	2007/709
Schedule 2 (in part)	15th January 2007	2006/3364
	1st April 2007	2007/709
	29th June 2007	2007/1614
Schedule 3	31st December 2007	2007/3203
Schedule 4	1st April 2007	2007/709
Schedule 5 (in part)	1st April 2007	2007/709
	1st December 2007	2007/3203
Schedules 6 and 7	1st April 2007	2007/709
Schedule 9 (in relation to England)	1st August 2007	2007/1614
(in relation to Wales)	19th November 2007	2007/3073
Schedule 13 (in part)	15th January 2007	2006/3364
Schedule 14 (in part)	15th January 2007	2006/3364
	1st April 2007	2007/709
(in relation to England only)	6th April 2007	2007/709
	29th June 2007	2007/1614
Schedule 15 (in part)	15th January 2007	2006/3364
	1st April 2007	2007/709
(in relation to England only)	6th April 2007	2007/709
(in relation to England only)	29th June 2007	2007/1614
	1st December 2007	2007/3203
Schedule 15 (in part in relation to Wales)	19th November 2007	2007/3073

(1)

2006 c.48.

(2)

1996 c.16.