2008 No. 790 (C. 37)

Police, England And Wales

Police, Northern Ireland

The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2008

Made18th March 2008

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 53(1) of the Police and Justice Act 20061.

Citation and Extent

1. (1)

This Order may be cited as the Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2008.

(2)

Article 2 of this Order extends to England and Wales only.

(3)

Article 3 of this Order extends to Northern Ireland only.

Commencement

2.

The following provisions of the Police and Justice Act 2006 shall come into force on 1 April 2008—

(a)

Section 2 (amendments to the Police Act 19962) in so far as it relates to the entries in Schedule 2 (amendments to the Police Act 1996) referred to in sub–paragraph (b);

(b)

Paragraph 7 to the extent not otherwise commenced and paragraphs 11 to 13 of Schedule 2;

(c)

Section 39 (forfeiture of indecent photographs of children: England and Wales) and Schedule 11 (Schedule to be inserted into the Protection of Children Act 1978);

(d)

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 (e);

(e)

In Part 4 of Schedule 15 (repeals: miscellaneous) the entries relating to section 4(3) of the Protection of Children Act 19783, paragraph 62 of Schedule 15 to the Criminal Justice Act 19884, sub–paragraphs 37(4) and 38(3) and 4 of Schedule 10 to the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 19945 and paragraphs 199(3) and 200 to Schedule 8 of the Courts Act 20036.

3.

The following provisions of the Police and Justice Act 2006 shall come into force on 1 April 2008—

(a)

Section 40 (forfeiture of indecent photographs of children: Northern Ireland) and Schedule 12 (Schedule to be inserted into the Protection of Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1978);

(b)

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

(c)

In Part 4 of Schedule 15 (repeals: miscellaneous) the entries relating to sub–paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 2 to the Criminal Justice (Evidence, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 19887, sub–paragraph 10(2)(b) and (c) of Schedule 2 to the Criminal Justice and Police Act 20018 and sub–paragraph 3(2)(a) of Schedule 4 to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 20029.

Tony McNulty

Minister of State

Home Office

18th March 2008

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force those provisions of the Police and Justice Act 2006 set out in articles 2 and 3 on 1 April 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	31^st March 2007	2007/709
Section 2 (in part)	15^th January 2007	2006/3364
	1^st April 2007	2007/709
	6^th June 2007	2007/1614
	14^th March 2008	2008/311
Section 3	29^th June 2007	2007/1614
Section 4	31^st March 2007	2007/709
Section 5	31^st December 2007	2007/3203
Section 6	1^st April 2007	2007/709
Section 7	1^st April 2007	2007/709
	1^st December 2007	2007/3203
Section 8	1^st April 2007	2007/709
Section 9 (in part)	1^st April 2007	2007/709
	1^st December 2007	2007/3203
Section 10	1^st April 2007	2007/709
Section 11	15^th January 2007	2006/3364
Section 12	1^st April 2007	2007/709
Section 13	29^th June 2007	2007/1614
Section 13 (in relation to Northern Ireland)	30^th July 2007	2007/2052
Sections 15 and 16	1^st April 2007	2007/709
Section 18	29^th June 2007	2007/1614
Section 22 (in relation to Wales only)	19^th November 2007	2007/3073
(in relation to Wales only)	19^th November 2007	2007/3251
(in relation to England only)	1^st August 2007	2007/1614
Section 23 to 25 (in relation to England and Northern Ireland)	29^th June 2007	2007/1614
Sections 26 (in relation to England and Northern Ireland)	6^th April 2007	2007/709
Section 27 (in relation to England and Northern Ireland)	6^th April 2007	2007/709
Sections 28 to 33	1^st April 2007	2007/709
Section 41 (in relation to England and Wales)	29^th June 2007	2007/1614
(in relation to Northern Ireland)	10^th October 2007	2007/2754
Section 42	15^th January 2007	2006/3364
Section 44	15^th January 2007	2006/3364
Section 45	15^th January 2007	2006/3364
	1^st April 2007	2007/709
Section 46 (in relation to specified local justice areas)	1^st April 2007	2007/709
Section 47	15^th January 2007	2006/3364
Section 48	15^th January 2007	2006/3364
Section 52 (in part)	15^th January 2007	2006/3364
	1^st April 2007	2007/709
(in relation to England only)	6^th April 2007	2007/709
	29^th June 2007	2007/1614
(in relation to England only)	1^st August 2007	2007/1614
(in relation to Wales only)	19^th November 2007	2007/3073
	1^st December 2007	2007/3203
	14^th March 2008	2008/311
Schedule 1 (in part)	1st April 2007	2007/709
Schedule 2 (in part)	15^th January 2007	2006/3364
	1^st April 2007	2007/709
	29^th June 2007	2007/1614
	14^th March 2008	2008/311
Schedule 3	31^st December 2007	2007/3203
Schedule 4	1^stApril 2007	2007/709
Schedule 5 (in part)	1^st April 2007	2007/709
	1^st December 2007	2007/3203
Schedules 6 and 7	1^st April 2007	2007/709
Schedule 9 (in part in relation to Wales only)	19^th November 2007	2007/3251
(in relation to Wales only)	19^th November 2007	2007/3073
(in relation to England only)	1^st August 2007	2007/1614
Schedule 10 (in relation to England only)	6^th April 2007	2007/709
Schedule 13 (in part)	15^th January 2007	2007/3364
Schedule 14 (in part)	15^th January 2007	2006/3364
	1^st April 2007	2007/709
(in relation to England only in respect of paragraphs 12, 13, 32 and 33)	6^th April 2007	2007/709
(in relation to England only save for para 58)	29^th June 2007	2007/1614
Schedule 15 (in part)	15^th January 2007	2006/3364
	1^st April 2007	2007/709
(in relation to England only)	6^th April 2007	2007/709
	29^th June 2007	2007/1614
	1^st December 2007	2007/3203
	14^th March 2008	2008/311
(in relation to Wales only)	19^th November 2007	2007/3073