The Police Reform Act 2002 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2004

Statutory Instruments

2004 No. 913 (C.41)

POLICE

The Police Reform Act 2002 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2004

Made

24th March 2004

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 108(2) of the Police Reform Act 2002(1) hereby makes the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Police Reform Act 2002 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2004.

2.  The following provisions of the Police Reform Act 2002 shall come into force on 1st April 2004—

(a) Part 2 (complaints and misconduct) to the extent not already in force;

(b) section 37 (protected disclosure by police officers);

(c) section 107 (consequential amendments and repeals) in so far as it relates to the entries in Schedules 7 and 8 respectively in paragraphs (e) and (f) below;

(d) Schedule 3 (handling of complaints and conduct matters etc.) to the extent not already in force;

(e) in Schedule 7 (minor and consequential amendments), paragraphs 1 to 3, 5 and 6, 7(1) to (3), 10, 13, 15, 18 to 20, and 22 to 24; and

(f) in Schedule 8 (repeals), the entries relating to—

(i) the Superannuation Act 1972(2);

(ii) the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975(3);

(iii) the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975(4);

(iv) section 63(3)(b), Chapter 1 of Part 4 and section 86 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Police Act 1996(5) and in section 105(2) of that Act the words from “paragraph 8” to “that paragraph”;

(v) the Employment Rights Act 1996(6);

(vi) section 39(3) of the Police Act 1997(7);

(vii) the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998(8);

(viii) paragraphs 97 to 99 of Schedule 27 to the Greater London Authority Act 1999(9);

(ix) the Freedom of Information Act 2000(10); and

(x) section 125(4)(b) of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001(11).

3.  The following provisions of the Police Reform Act 2002 shall come into force on 30th April 2004 in England only—

(a) section 97 (crime and disorder reduction partnerships) to the extent not already in force;

(b) section 107 (consequential amendments and repeals) in so far as it relates to the entry in Schedule 8 in paragraph (c) below; and

(c) in Schedule 8 (repeals), the entry relating to section 5 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998(12).

Hazel Blears

Minister of State

Home Office

24th March 2004

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force in England and Wales the provisions of the Police Reform Act 2002 set out in article 2 on 1st April 2004.

The provisions of that Act set out in article 3 are brought into force on 30th April in England.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Police Reform Act 2002 have been brought into force by commencement order made before the date of this Order:

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I. No.
Part 1	1st October 2002	2002/2306
Section 9(2) to (4) and (6) (in part)	1st October 2002	2002/2306
Section 9 (in part)	1st April 2003	2003/808
Section 13 (in part)	1st October 2002	2002/2306
Section 14 (in part)	1st October 2002	2002/2306
Section 17 (in part)	1st October 2002	2002/2306
Section 19	1st October 2002	2002/2306
Section 20 (in part)	1st October 2002	2002/2306
Section 21 (in part)	1st October 2002	2002/2306
Section 23	1st October 2002	2002/2306
Section 24 (in part) (in part)	1st October 2002 15th November 2003	2002/2306 2003/2593
Section 25 (in part)	1st October 2002	2002/2306
Sections 28 and 29	1st October 2002	2002/2306
Sections 34 to 36	1st October 2002	2002/2306
Section 38	2nd December 2002	2002/2750
Section 39 (in part) (in part)	1st October 2002 1st April 2003	2002/2306 2003/808
Sections 40 and 41	2nd December 2002	2002/2750
Section 42	1st April 2003	2003/808
Section 43	1st October 2002	2002/2306
Section 44	2nd December 2002	2002/2750
Section 46	2nd December 2002	2002/2750
Sections 47 to 49	1st October 2002	2002/2306
Section 50	2nd December 2002	2002/2750
Sections 51 to 53	1stApril 2003	2003/808
Section 54 (in part) (in part)	1st October 2002 1st April 2003	2002/2306 2003/808
Section 55 (in part) (in part)	1st October 2002 1 st April 2003	2002/2306 2003/808
Section 56	1st October 2002	2002/2306
Section 57 (in part) (in part)	1st October 2002 1st April 2003	2002/2306 2003/808
Section 58 (in part) (in part)	1st October 2002 1st April 2003	2002/2306 2003/808
Section 59	1st January 2003	2002/2750
Section 60	1st October 2002	2002/2306
Sections 61 and 62	2nd December 2002	2002/2750
Section 63	1st April 2003	2003/808
Section 64	2nd December 2002	2002/2750
Sections 65 and 66 (in part) (in part)	2nd December 2002 1st April 2003	2002/2750 2003/808
Sections 67 to 69	2nd December 2002	2002/2750
Sections 70 and 71	1st October 2002	S.S.I. 2002/42
Sections 72 to 74	2nd December 2002	2002/2750
Sections 75 to 78	1st October 2002	2002/2306
Section 79	9th March 2004	2004/636
Sections 80 and 81	1st October 2002	2002/2306
Section 82 (in part) (in part)	1st October 2002 3rd February 2003	2002/2306 2002/2750
Section 83	1st October 2002	2002/2306
Section 84	1st November 2002	2002/2306
Section 85	1st October 2002	2002/2306
Section 86 (in part)	1st April 2003	2003/808
Section 87 (in part) (in part)	1st April 2003 15th November 2003	2003/808 2003/2593
Sections 88 and 89	1st October 2002	2002/2306
Section 90 (in part)	1st October 2002	2002/2306
Section 91 (in part) (in part)	1st October 2002 15th November 2003	2002/2306 2003/2593
Section 92 (in part) (in part)	1st October 2002 1st November 2002	2002/2306 2002/2306
Sections 93 and 94	1st October 2002	2002/2306
Section 96	1st April 2003	2003/808
Section 97 (in part) (in part) (in part)	1st October 2002 1st April 2003 23rd February 2004	2002/2306 2003/808 2004/119
Section 98 (in part)	1st October 2002	2002/2306
Section 99	1st October 2002	2002/2306
Section 101	1st October 2002	2002/2306
Section 102 (in part) (in part)	1st October 2002 1st October 2002	2002/2306 S.S.I. 2002/42
Section 103 (in part) (in part)	1st October 2002 1st October 2002	2002/2306 S.S.I. 2002/42
Section 104 (in part) (in part)	1st October 2002 1st October 2002	2002/2306 S.S.I. 2002/42
Section 107 (in part) (in part) (in part)	1st October 2002 2nd December 2002 1st April 2003	2002/2306 2002/2750 2003/808
Schedule 1	1st October 2002	2002/2306
Schedule 2 (in part) (in part)	1st October 2002 1st April 2003	2002/2306 2003/808
Schedule 3 (in part)	1st October 2002	2002/2306
Schedule 4 (in part) (in part)	2nd December 2002 15th November 2003	2002/2750 2993/2593
Schedule 5	2nd December 2002	2002/2750
Schedule 6	1st October 2002	2002/2306
Schedule 7 (in part) (in part)	1st October 2002 2nd December 2002	2002/2306 2002/2750
Schedule 8 (in part) (in part) (in part)	1st October 2002 2nd December 2002 1st April 2003	2002/2306 2002/2750 2003/808

(1)

2002 c. 30.

(2)

1972 c. 11.

(3)

1975 c. 24.

(4)

1975 c. 25.

(5)

1996 c. 16.

(6)

1996 c. 18.

(7)

1997 c. 50.

(8)

1998 c. 23.

(9)

1999 c. 29.

(10)

2000 c. 36.

(11)

2001 c. 16.

(12)

1998 c. 37.