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Welsh Statutory Instruments
2010 No. 2426 (W.208) (C.119)
CRIMINAL LAW, WALES
The Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Order 2010
The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon the National Assembly for Wales by section 66(2) and (3)(a) of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006(), and now vested in them(), make the following Order:
Title and interpretation
1. The title of this Order is the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Order 2010.
Appointed Day
2. Sections 45 and 46 of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 come into force on 31 October 2010 in relation to Wales.
Leighton Andrews
Minister for Children, Education and Lifelong Learning, one of the Welsh Ministers
2 October 2010
Explanatory Note
This Order brings into force on 31 October 2010 sections 45 and 46 of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 in relation to Wales.
Section 45 of that Act inserts a new section 550AA into the Education Act 1996 relating to the power of members of staff to search pupils for weapons.
Section 46 of that Act inserts a new section 85B into the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 relating to the power to search further education students for weapons.
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