Appointed day

3.  Subject to Article 4, the following provisions of the Act shall come into operation on 9th February 1999–

• section 1(2),

• section 2(5)(d), 5(e),

• section 8,

• section 18,

• section 19(2) insofar as not already commenced,

• section 25 (except 25(4)),

• section 26 (except 26(4)),

• section 27,

• section 28,

• section 30,

• section 32,

• section 33,

• section 34,

• section 35,

• section 37,

• section 38,

• section 39,

• section 66,

• section 67,

• section 68,

• section 69,

Section 74(1), (2) and (3) insofar as it relates to the amendments in paragraphs 2, 5, 6, 7, 12(2), 15, 16, 18(5), 20(2), (3), (4), (5) and (9) of Schedule 4, the transitional provisions and savings in paragraphs 1 and 3 of Part I of Schedule 5 and, in Schedule 6 (repeals), the following:

(a) the Constabulary (Ireland) Act 1836;

(b) the Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Act 1919;

(c) the Game Preservation Act (Northern Ireland) 1928, in section 1 the words “notwithstanding anything in Section 15 of the Constabulary (Ireland) Act 1836, as it applies to the said Constabulary”;

(d) the Police (Overseas Service) Act 1945, section 3(4);

(e) the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1953, section 20(2);

(f) the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966, in section 167(1) the words from “notwithstanding” to the end and, in section 167(2) the words from “as provided” to “any case”;

(g) the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1968, section 7(1)(a);

(h) the Police Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 insofar as sections 17, 21, 25, 26, 28 and 34 are concerned;

(i) the Police (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, Part III and, in Schedule 1, the amendments to the Police Act (N.I.) 1970.