The Police Act 1997 (Commencement No. 10) (Scotland) Order 2002

Made: 11th March 2002

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 135(1) and (2)(a) of the Police Act 1997[^f00001], hereby make the following Order:

Citation and extent

1

• (1) This Order may be cited as the Police Act 1997 (Commencement No. 10) (Scotland) Order 2002.

• (2) This Order extends to Scotland only.

Interpretation

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In this Order “the 1997 Act” means the Police Act 1997.

Commencement forthwith

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Subsection (4) of section 115 of the 1997 Act shall come into force forthwith but only for the purposes of making regulations under paragraph (a) of that subsection.

Commencement on 25th April 2002

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Part V of the 1997 Act (which consists of sections 112 to 127) shall come into force on 25th April 2002 except–

• (a) section 112, and

• (b) to the extent that that Part is already in force on that date.

Commencement on 31st July 2002

5

Section 112 of the 1997 Act shall come into force on 31st July 2002.

Signed

RICHARD SIMPSON — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 11th March 2002

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which extends to Scotland only, brings into force the following provisions of the Police Act 1997–

• (a) forthwith, section 115(4) for the purposes of making regulations under paragraph (a) of that provision;

• (b) on 25th April 2002, those provisions of Part V, except section 112, which are not already in force on that date; and

• (c) on 31st July 2002, section 112.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1997 c. 50. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).