2 Section 3(1) of the 2001 Act (conduct prohibited without a licence) shall come into force on 13th September 2004 in the police areas of—
(a) Avon and Somerset;
(b) Devon and Cornwall;
(c) Dorset;
(d) Gloucestershire; and
(e) Wiltshire.
Section 3(2)(a) to (i) of the 2001 Act was brought into force in the Avon and Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire police areas on 1st June 2004 by S.I.No.2004/1431.
The term “police area” has the meaning ascribed to it in section 101(1) of the Police Act 1996 (c. 16) by virtue of Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30).