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The Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2007

S.I. 2007/2518 · Made 29 August 2007

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criminal law

Made 29th August 2007

The Secretary of State, being the relevant national authority under section 66(3)(b) of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006f1, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 66(2) of that Act.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2006 c.38.

Contents

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

1Citation and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2007.

(2)

In this Order, the “2006 Act” means the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006.

2Commencement

Section 41 (increase of maximum sentence for possessing an imitation firearm) of the 2006 Act shall come into force on 1st October 2007.

3Commencement

The following provisions of the 2006 Act shall come into force on 1st October 2007 to the extent not already in force—

(a)

section 51 (corresponding provision for Northern Ireland) in so far as it relates to the entry in Schedule 2 (weapons etc.: corresponding provisions for Northern Ireland) referred to in sub-paragraph (b);

(b)

in Schedule 2, paragraph 9;

(c)

section 65 (repeals) in so far as it relates to the entries in Schedule 5 (repeals) referred to in sub-paragraph (d); and

(d)

in Schedule 5 (repeals), the entries relating to the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994f1.

Signature

Tony McNulty

Minister of State

Home Office

29th August 2007

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 1st October 2007 section 41 of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006. It also brings into force on 1st October 2007 the provisions of that Act listed in article 3 (to the extent that they are not already in force).