Section 9 Short title, commencement and extent.

This Act may be cited as the Police (Health and Safety) Act 1997.

This Act, apart from sections 7 and 8 and this section, shall not come into force until such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint; and different days may be appointed for different purposes.

Section 7 extends to Northern Ireland, but the other provisions of this Act do not extend there.