(1) This Order may be cited as the Policing and Crime Act 2009 (Commencement No 5) Order 2010.
(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Policing and Crime Act 2009.
Date made: 25 March 2010: (no specific commencement provision).
The day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act is 19th April 2010:
(a) section 3 (regulations about senior officers);
(b) section 4 (metropolitan police force appointments);
(c) section 112(2) (minor and consequential amendments and repeals and revocations) insofar as it relates to the provisions of Part 1 of Schedule 8 (repeals and revocations);
(d) Part 1 of Schedule 8.
Date made: 25 March 2010: (no specific commencement provision).
The day appointed for the coming into force of section 112(1) of the Act in so far as it relates to paragraph 23 of Schedule 7 (amendments to the Licensing Act 2003) to the Act and in relation to Wales only is 8th May 2010.
Date made: 25 March 2010: (no specific commencement provision).
The day appointed for the coming into force of section 2 of the Act (Police Senior Appointments Panel) is 1st September 2010.
Date made: 25 March 2010: (no specific commencement provision).
David Hanson
Minister of State
Home Office
25th March 2010
This is the fifth Commencement Order made under the Policing and Crime Act 2009 (“the Act”).
Article 2 lists provisions of the Act relating to the appointment of senior police officers which come into force on 19th April 2010.
Article 3 will allow the Welsh Ministers to bring provisions in the Act relating to sexual entertainment venues into force on 8th May 2010.
Article 4 brings section 2 of the Act (police senior appointments panel) into force on 1st September 2010.
