The Crime and Security Act 2010 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2012

Made20th June 2012

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 59(1) and (4) of the Crime and Security Act 20101.

Citation

1.

This Order may be cited as the Crime and Security Act 2010 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2012.

Commencement

2.

Sections 24 to 30 of the Crime and Security Act 2010 (domestic violence) shall come into force in the police areas specified in article 3 on 30th June 2012.

3.

The specified police areas are Greater Manchester, West Mercia and Wiltshire.

Lynne Featherstone

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Home Office

20th June 2012

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force sections 24 to 30 of the Crime and Security Act 2010 on 30th June 2012 in Greater Manchester, West Mercia and Wiltshire police areas. These provisions include the power for an authorising officer to issue a domestic violence protection notice to an alleged perpetrator of domestic violence, and the power for a magistrates’ court, on an application made by complaint by a constable, to make a domestic violence protection order.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I.No.
Sections 1 to 5, 6(1), (2)(partially), (3) and (4), and 7	7th March 2011	2011/414
Sections 34 to 36	9th January 2012	2011/3016
Sections 37 and 38	31st January 2011	2010/2989
Section 39	9th January 2012	2011/3016
Section 45	28th February 2012	2012/584
Section 46	10th February 2011	2011/144