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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/3495",
  "legislation_title": "The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitory Provision) Order 2005",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the following provisions of the 2005 Act shall come into force on 1st January 2006—\n(a) section 1(3) (power in relation to NCS and NCIS);\n(b) sections 8 to 10 (general duty; priorities; codes of practice);\n(c) sections 17 and 18 (grants);\n(d) section 27 (regulations);\n(e) section 39 (directions about prosecutions);\n(f) section 42 (interpretation of Chapter 1);\n(g) section 44(2) (designations);\n(h) section 52 (modification of enactments);\n(i) section 54 (interpretation of Chapter 2);\n(j) section 58 and Schedule 3 (transfers to SOCA);\n(k) section 59 (minor and consequential amendments relating to SOCA) in so far as it relates to the entry in Schedule 4 in paragraph (l) below;\n(l) paragraph 42 of Schedule 4 (amendment of s87 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984);\n(m) sections 110 and 111 (powers of arrest) and Schedule 7 (powers of arrest: supplementary);\n(n) sections 113 and 114(1) to (8) (search warrants);\n(o) section 116 (photographing of suspects etc.) to the extent not already in force;\n(p) section 118 (impressions of footwear);\n(q) section 122(7) (powers of designated and accredited persons) in so far as it relates to the entry for Schedule 8 in paragraph (r) below;\n(r) Schedule 8 (powers of designated and accredited persons) to the extent not already in force;\n(s) section 174(1) (minor and consequential amendments, repeals and revocations) and Schedule 16 (remaining minor and consequential amendments (search warrants));\n(t) section 174(2) (minor and consequential amendments, repeals and revocations) in so far as it relates to the entries in Schedule 17 in paragraph (u) below; and\n(u) in Part 2 of Schedule 17 (repeals and revocations), the entries relating to—\n(i) the Unlawful Drilling Act 1819;\n(ii) the Vagrancy Act 1824;\n(iii) the Railway Regulation Act 1842;\n(iv) the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act 1845;\n(v) the Railway Clauses Consolidation Act 1845;\n(vi) the Licensing Act 1872;\n(vii) the Public Stores Act 1875;\n(viii) the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1894;\n(ix) the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1900;\n(x) the Licensing Act 1902;\n(xi) the Protection of Animals Act 1911;\n(xii) the Official Secrets Act 1911;\n(xiii) the Public Order Act 1936;\n(xiv) the Street Offences Act 1959;\n(xv) the Criminal Justice Act 1967;\n(xvi) the Ministry of Housing and Local Government Provisional Order (Greater London Parks and Open Spaces) Act 1967;\n(xvii) the Theft Act 1968;\n(xviii) the Port of London Act 1968;\n(xix) the Criminal Law Act 1977;\n(xx) the Theft Act 1978;\n(xxi) the Animal Health Act 1981;\n(xxii) the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982;\n(xxiii) the Aviation Security Act 1982;\n(xxiv) sections 15, 25, 66, 116, 118 of, and Schedules 1, 1A, 2, 5 and 6 to, the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984;\n(xxv) the Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 1985;\n(xxvi) the Public Order Act 1986;\n(xxvii) Schedule 15 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988;\n(xxviii) sections 4 and 163 of the Road Traffic Act 1988\n(xxix) the Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988;\n(xxx) the Football Spectators Act 1989;\n(xxxi) Schedule 3 of the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990;\n(xxxii) the Football (Offences) Act 1991\n(xxxiii) the Road Traffic Act 1991;\n(xxxiv) the Transport and Works Act 1992;\n(xxxv) the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992;\n(xxxvi) the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994;\n(xxxvii) paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the Drug Trafficking Act 1994;\n(xxxviii) the Reserve Forces Act 1996;\n(xxxix) the Offensive Weapons Act 1996;\n(xl) the Public Order (Amendment) Act 1996;\n(xli) the Confiscation of Alcohol (Young Persons) Act 1997;\n(xlii) sections 27 and 31 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998;\n(xliii) the Terrorism Act 2000;\n(xliv) Schedule 2 to the Football (Disorder) Act 2000;\n(xlv) the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000;\n(xlvi) sections 42 and 47 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001;\n(xlvii) the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001;\n(xlviii) paragraph 14 of Schedule 11 to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002;\n(xlix) sections 48 and 49 of, and Schedule 6 to, the Police Reform Act 2002;\n(l) paragraph 93 of Schedule 6 to the Licensing Act 2003\n(li) the Aviation (Offences) Act 2003;\n(lii) the Communications Act 2003;\n(liii) section 17 of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003;\n(liv) sections 4, 32 and 37 of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003;\n(lv) the Courts Act 2003;\n(lvi) the Sexual Offences Act 2003;\n(lvii) section 3 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003;\n(lviii) the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004;\n(lix) the Hunting Act 2004;\n(lx) the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005; and\n(lxi) the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005.\n(2) Section 9(2)(a) of the 2005 Act does not apply during the period from 1st January 2006 to 31st March 2006.",
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  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "60 Geo. 3 & 1 Geo. 4 c. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1824 c. 83."
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1842 c. 55."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1845 c. 16."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1845 c. 20."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "1872 c. 94."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "1875 c. 25."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "c. ccxii."
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "c. cclxviii."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "1902 c. 28."
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f11",
      "text": "1911 c. 27."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f12",
      "text": "1911 c. 28."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f13",
      "text": "1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6 c. 6."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f14",
      "text": "1959 c. 57."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f15",
      "text": "1967 c. 80."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f16",
      "text": "c. xxix."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f17",
      "text": "1968 c. 60."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f18",
      "text": "c. xxxii."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f19",
      "text": "1977 c. 45."
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f20",
      "text": "1978 c. 31."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f21",
      "text": "1981 c. 22."
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f22",
      "text": "1982 c. 30."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f23",
      "text": "1982 c. 36."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f24",
      "text": "1984 c. 60."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f25",
      "text": "1985 c. 57."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f26",
      "text": "1984 c. 64."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f27",
      "text": "1988 c. 33."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f28",
      "text": "1988 c. 52."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f29",
      "text": "1988 c. 54."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f30",
      "text": "1989 c. 37."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f31",
      "text": "1990 c. 31."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f32",
      "text": "1991 c. 19."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f33",
      "text": "1991 c. 40."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f34",
      "text": "1992 c. 42."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f35",
      "text": "1992 c. 52."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f36",
      "text": "1994 c. 33."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f37",
      "text": "1994 c. 37."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f38",
      "text": "1996 c. 14."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f39",
      "text": "1996 c. 26."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f40",
      "text": "1996 c. 59."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f41",
      "text": "1997 c. 33."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f42",
      "text": "1998 c. 37."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f43",
      "text": "2000 c. 11."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f44",
      "text": "2000 c. 25."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f45",
      "text": "2000 c. 43."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f46",
      "text": "2001 c. 16."
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f47",
      "text": "2001 c. 24."
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f48",
      "text": "2002 c. 29."
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f49",
      "text": "2002 c. 30."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f50",
      "text": "2003 c. 17."
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f51",
      "text": "2003 c. 19."
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f52",
      "text": "2003 c. 21."
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f53",
      "text": "2003 c. 32."
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f54",
      "text": "2003 c. 38."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f55",
      "text": "2003 c. 39."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f56",
      "text": "2003 c. 42."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f57",
      "text": "2003 c. 44."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f58",
      "text": "2004 c. 28."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f59",
      "text": "2004 c. 37."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f60",
      "text": "2005 c. 2."
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