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The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 1st March 2008—

a

section 24(9) and (10) (order making powers relating to appeals procedure);

b

section 37 (functions of applicant authorities) in so far as it relates to the provisions in paragraph (c);

c

paragraphs 4 and 18 of Schedule 2 (Code for Crown Prosecutors and Code for Public Prosecutors);

d

section 40(1), (2) and (4) (order making powers relating to authorised monitors);

e

section 68(8) (interpretation and power to specify an anti-fraud organisation);

f

section 71(1), (2), (4) and (5) (code of practice for disclosure of information to prevent fraud);

g

section 73 (data matching) in so far as it relates to the provisions in paragraphs (h) to (j);

h

paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 7 in so far as they insert new section 32G(1), (3) and (4) of the Audit Commission Act 19985 (code of data matching practice);

i

paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 in so far as it inserts new section 64G(1), (3) and (4) of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 20046 (code of data matching practice);

j

paragraph 6 of Schedule 7 in so far as it inserts new Article 4G(1), (3) and (4) of the Audit and Accountability (Northern Ireland) Order 20037 (code of data matching practice);

k

section 74(1) (order making power relating to the abolition of the Assets Recovery Agency);

l

section 74(2)(d) and (g) (transfer of investigation functions and amendments to other enactments) in so far as it relates to the provisions in paragraphs (m) and (n);

m

paragraph 115 of Schedule 8 in so far as it inserts new section 377A(1) to (5) and (10) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 20028 (code of practice of Attorney General or Advocate General for Northern Ireland);

n

paragraph 169 of Schedule 8 (new section 2A of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 20059) for the purpose of the preparation of the Serious Organised Crime Agency’s annual plan under section 6 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 for the financial year commencing 1st April 2008; and

o

section 74(3) together with Schedule 9 (transfers to the Serious Organised Crime Agency and the National Policing Improvement Agency).