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The Crime and Security Act 2010 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2011

S.I. 2011/144 · Made 25 January 2011

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Police

Made 25th January 2011

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 59(1) of the Crime and Security Act 2010f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2010 c. 17.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Commencement
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Crime and Security Act 2010 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2011.

(2)

In this Order “the Act” means the Crime and Security Act 2010.

2Commencement

The day appointed for the coming into force of section 46 of the Act (offence of allowing minors access to air weapons) is 10th February 2011.

Signature

James Brokenshire

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Home Office

25th January 2011

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings section 46 of the Crime and Security Act 2010 into force on 10th February 2011. Section 46 amends the Firearms Act 1968 by inserting a new offence of failing to take reasonable precautions to prevent minors from having air weapons.