Regulation 1 Citation and interpretation

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (Commencement No. 6 and Piloting, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2023.

(2)

In these Regulations—

“the 2005 Act” means the Protection of Children and Prevention of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2005^f1;
“the 2022 Act” means the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022;
“pilot areas” means the police areas of Merseyside, Thames Valley, Sussex and West Midlands;
“the specified period” means the period of 24 months beginning with 19th April 2023;
“SVRO” means a serious violence reduction order^f2.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2005 asp 9.
f2: See section 166(8) of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (“the 2022 Act”) in relation to the expression “serious violence reduction order” (“SVRO”).