The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Savings) Order 2006

3.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), the following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 1^st March 2006.

(2) Those provisions are—

(a) section 6 (annual plans);

(b) sections 43 and 44(1) (designation of SOCA staff);

(c) section 55(1) (complaints and misconduct) so far as it relates to the entry in sub-paragraph (e);

(d) section 55(2);

(e) paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 (complaints and misconduct).

(3) Section 6(9) shall not apply in respect of the annual plan for the financial year ending on 31^st March 2007.

(4) During the period from 1^st to 31^st March 2006—

(a) the references in section 43 to a member of the staff of SOCA include a person who is due to become such a member on or after 1^st April 2006; and

(b) the reference in section 44(1) to an employee of SOCA includes a person who is due to become such an employee on or after 1^st April 2006.