2.—(1) The day specified for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act in relation to the areas specified in paragraph (2) is 1st April 2009 —
(a)section 1 (meaning of “probation purposes”);
(b)section 2 (responsibility for ensuring the provision of probation services);
(c)section 3(1) to (5), and (7) (power to make arrangements for the provision of probation services);
(d)section 4 (restriction on certain arrangements under section 3);
(e)section 6 (power to make grants for probation purposes etc);
(f)section 7(3) (national standards for the management of offenders);
(g)section 8 (annual plans);
(h)section 10 (national framework for qualifications of officers);
(i)section 11(1) (abolition of local probation boards);
(j)section 12(3) (the inspectorate);
(k)section 15 (power to repeal section 4);
(l)section 39 (minor and consequential amendments, transitionals, and repeals) insofar as it relates to the entries in Schedule 5 specified in sub-paragraph (m); and
(m)Part 1 (probation services) of Schedule 5 (repeals), the entries relating to the following provisions of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000—
(i)sections 1 to 5;
(ii)section 8;
(iii)section 10;
(iv)section 18;
(v)section 20(2);
(vi)section 21(5);
(vii)section 22; and
(viii)Schedule 1.
(2) The areas specified are the following police areas(1)—
(a)Greater Manchester; and
(b)Lancashire.
The term “police areas” has the meaning ascribed to it in section 101(1) of the Police Act 1996 (c.16) by virtue of Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 (c.30). The police areas are listed in Schedule 1 to the Police Act 1996.