Article 2
Section 57 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000f1 (testing persons in police detention) shall come into force on 20th May 2002 within the following police areasf2 only:
(i)
Bedfordshire;
(ii)
Devon and Cornwall;
(iii)
Lancashire;
(iv)
Merseyside;
(v)
South Yorkshire; and
(vi)
North Wales.
Annotations
Footnotes
- f1
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Section 57 has already been commenced in respect of the police areas of Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire and the metropolitan police district, by virtue of S.I. 2001/2232.
- f2
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The term “police area” has the meaning ascribed to it in section 101 of the Police Act 1996 (c. 16) by virtue of Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30).