Transitional and saving provisions

6.—(1) As respects the financial year referred to in paragraph 47(2)(a) of Schedule 1 to the 2006 Act (first financial year), paragraph 5(1) of that Schedule (annual plans) shall have effect as if, for the reference to the beginning of the financial year, there is substituted 1st June 2007.

(2) Nothing in the coming into force of Part 1 of Schedule 15 to the 2006 Act and the repeal of paragraph 16 (police information technology organisation accounts) of Schedule 8 to the Police Act 1997(1) shall affect the duties relating to the statement of accounts of the Police Information Technology Organisation in respect of the financial year ending on 31st March 2007, but that paragraph shall have effect so as to require the statements to be prepared by the National Policing Improvement Agency.

(3) Nothing in the coming into force of Part 1 of Schedule 15 to the 2006 Act and the repeal of paragraph 17 (police information technology organisation annual reports) of Schedule 8 to the Police Act 1997 shall affect the duties relating to the annual report of the Police Information Technology Organisation in respect of the financial year ending on 31st March 2007, but that paragraph shall have effect so as to require the report to be prepared by the National Policing Improvement Agency.

(4) Nothing in the coming into force of Part 1 of Schedule 15 to the 2006 Act and the repeal of section 95 (central police training and development authority annual reports) of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001(2) shall affect the duties relating to the annual report of the Central Police Training and Development Authority in respect of the financial year ending on 31st March 2007, but that section shall have effect so as to require the report to be prepared by the National Policing Improvement Agency.

(5) Nothing in the coming into force of Part 1 of Schedule 15 to the 2006 Act and the repeal of paragraph 26 (central police training and development authority accounts) of Schedule 4 to the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 shall affect the duties relating to the statement of accounts of the Central Police Training and Development Authority in respect of the financial year ending on 31st March 2007, but that paragraph shall have effect so as to require the report to be prepared by the National Policing Improvement Agency.