Article 4

(1)

The provisions of the 2003 Act listed in paragraph (2) shall come into force on 29th January 2004.

(2)

The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a)

section 3 (arrestable offences);

(b)

section 25 (code of practice);

(c)

section 28 and Schedule 2 (charging or release of persons in police detention), except new section 37B(8) and (9)(a) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984^f1;

(d)

section 31 (removal of requirement to substantiate information on oath);

(e)

section 49 (rules of court);

(f)

section 55 (rules of court);

(g)

section 73 (rules of court);

(h)

section 93 (rules of court);

(i)

section 111 (rules of court);

(j)

section 132 (rules of court);

(k)

section 284 and Schedule 28 (increase in penalties for drug-related offences);

(l)

section 286 (increase in penalties for offences under section 174 of the Road Traffic Act 1988^f2;

(m)

section 328 (criminal record certificates: amendments of Part 5 of Police Act 1997^f3) in so far as it relates to the entries in Schedule 35 referred to in sub-paragraph (o);

(n)

section 332 (repeals) in so far as it relates to the entries in Schedule 37 referred to in sub-paragraph (p);

(o)

in Schedule 35 (criminal record certificates: amendments of Part 5 of the Police Act 1997)—

(i)

paragraphs 1, 2, 3(1), (2)(b) and (c), 4(1), (2)(b) and (c), 7, 10 and 11; and

(ii)

for the purpose of making regulations only, paragraphs 4(3) and 5; and

(p)

in Part 11 of Schedule 37 (repeals), the entry relating to section 120(3) of the Police Act 1997.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: New section 37B is inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the 2003 Act.
f2: 1988 c. 53.
f3: 1997 c. 50.