Article 2

The following provisions of the Police Reform Act 2002 shall come into force on 1st April 2004—

(a)

Part 2 (complaints and misconduct) to the extent not already in force;

(b)

section 37 (protected disclosure by police officers);

(c)

section 107 (consequential amendments and repeals) in so far as it relates to the entries in Schedules 7 and 8 respectively in paragraphs (e) and (f) below;

(d)

Schedule 3 (handling of complaints and conduct matters etc.) to the extent not already in force;

(e)

in Schedule 7 (minor and consequential amendments), paragraphs 1 to 3, 5 and 6, 7(1) to (3), 10, 13, 15, 18 to 20, and 22 to 24; and

(f)

in Schedule 8 (repeals), the entries relating to—

(i)

the Superannuation Act 1972^f1;

(ii)

the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975^f2;

(iii)

the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975^f3;

(iv)

section 63(3)(b), Chapter 1 of Part 4 and section 86 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Police Act 1996^f4 and in section 105(2) of that Act the words from “paragraph 8” to “that paragraph”;

(v)

the Employment Rights Act 1996^f5;

(vi)

section 39(3) of the Police Act 1997^f6;

(vii)

the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998^f7;

(viii)

paragraphs 97 to 99 of Schedule 27 to the Greater London Authority Act 1999^f8;

(ix)

the Freedom of Information Act 2000^f9; and

(x)

section 125(4)(b) of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001^f10.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1972 c. 11.
f2: 1975 c. 24.
f3: 1975 c. 25.
f4: 1996 c. 16.
f5: 1996 c. 18.
f6: 1997 c. 50.
f7: 1998 c. 23.
f8: 1999 c. 29.
f9: 2000 c. 36.
f10: 2001 c. 16.