The Serious Crime Act 2007 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Savings) Order 2008

Commencement: abolition of the Agency and its Director

2.—(1) Subject to articles 3 to 14, the following provisions of the 2007 Act shall come into force on 1st April 2008—

(a) section 74(2)(a), (b), (c), (d) (to the extent not already in force), (e), (f) and (g) (to the extent not already in force) together with Schedule 8 (to the extent not already in force) (abolition of the Agency and its Director);

(b) section 74(4) (definition of SOCA);

(c) section 92 (repeals and revocations) in so far as it relates to the entries in Schedule 14 in sub-paragraph (d); and

(d) in Schedule 14 (repeals and revocations) the entries relating to—

(i) the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967(1);

(ii) the Criminal Appeal Act 1968(2);

(iii) the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980(3);

(iv) the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(4);

(v) the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985(5);

(vi) the Insolvency Act 1986(6);

(vii) the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989(7);

(viii) the Police Act 1996(8);

(ix) the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998(9);

(x) the Access to Justice Act 1999(10);

(xi) the 2002 Act;

(xii) the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003(11);

(xiii) the Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003(12);

(xiv) section 21(1)(b) of, and paragraph 98 of Schedule 4 to, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005(13);

(xv) the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005(14);

(xvi) the Gambling Act 2005(15);

(xvii) the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007(16); and

(xviii) the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007(17).

(2) Section 77 of, and paragraph 9(1), (5) and (6) of Schedule 10 to, the 2007 Act (further provisions about detained cash investigations) shall come into force on 1st April 2008 for the purpose of civil recovery investigations and the amendment made by paragraph 107(3) of Schedule 8 to that Act.

(1)

1967 c. 13.

(2)

1968 c. 19.

(3)

1980 c. 47.

(4)

S.I. 1981/228 (N.I. 8).

(5)

1985 c. 66.

(6)

1986 c. 45.

(7)

S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19).

(8)

1996 c. 16.

(9)

1998 c. 32.

(10)

1999 c. 22.

(11)

2003 c. 32.

(12)

S.I. 2003/435 (N.I. 10).

(13)

2005 c. 11.

(14)

2005 c. 15.

(15)

2005 c. 19.

(16)

2007 c. 15.

(17)

2007 c. 19.