Article 2

So much of section 1 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 as relates to search for stolen articles shall come into force on 1st January 1985 for the purpose of conferring powers on constables in localities to which this paragraph applies.

Paragraph (1) applies to any locality in which there was in force on 31st December 1984 an enactment conferring power on a constable to search for stolen or unlawfully obtained goods, other than an enactment contained in a public general Act or an enactment relating to statutory undertakers.