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This Order applies to England and Wales. It brings into force section 57 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (drug testing persons in police detention) within certain police areas. The provision has already been commenced in the police areas of Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire and the metropolitan police district by virtue of S.I. 2001/2232, and the police areas of Bedfordshire, Devon and Cornwall, Lancashire, Merseyside, South Yorkshire and North Wales by virtue of S.I. 2002/1149.