The Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No.9 and Amendment) Order 1995

Made: 14th November 1995

Coming into force: 13th December 1995

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 94(1) and (4) of the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No.9 and Amendment) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 13th December 1995.

Provisions of the Act coming into force on 13th December 1995

2

The provisions of the 1994 Act which are specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order, and described by reference to the subject matter in column 2 of that Schedule, shall, insofar as not then in force, come into force on 13th December 1995 but, where a particular purpose is specified in relation to any provision in column 3 of that Schedule, that provision shall come into force on that day only for that purpose.

Amendments

3

Schedule 2 to the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No.7 and Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Order 1995[^f00002] is amended by the omission of—

• (a) the entries in relation to—

• (i) section 47(1) (Establishments of police forces);

• (ii) section 47(2) (Assignment of ranks);

• (iii) section 47(4) (Extra policing of locality where works are being constructed); and

• (iv) section 47(5) (Regulations as to retirement of certain constables); and

• (b) in relation to the entry in respect of Schedule 9, Part I, the references to repeals in sections 7(2), 14(1), 26 and 51(1) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967.

SCHEDULE — PROVISIONS OF THE 1994 ACT WHICH COME INTO FORCE ON 13th DECEMBER 1995

1

The following entries in respect of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967[^f00003]:—

• Section 7(2).

• In section 14(1) the words “(whether by the appointment of temporary constables or otherwise)”.

• In section 26, in subsection (2)(d), the words “or temporary”.

• In section 51(1), the definitions of “regular constable”, “special constable” and “temporary constable”.

2

The following entry in respect of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984[^f00004]:—

• In Schedule 4, in paragraph 11, sub-paragraph (a)(ii) and sub-paragraph (b)(iii) and the word “or” immediately preceding it.

Signed

Michael Forsyth — One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State — 14th November 1995

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This brings into force on 13th December 1995—

• (a) the provisions of section 47(1), (2), (4) and (5) of the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (constitution of police forces in Scotland) and related repeals;

• (b) the partial repeal of paragraph 11 of Schedule 4 to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.

Article 3 amends an earlier commencement order by deleting provision made in that order for the coming into force of section 47(1), (2), (4) and (5) of the 1994 Act (and related repeals) on 1st April 1996.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1994 c. 29.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1995/492.

[^f00003]: 1967 c. 77.

[^f00004]: 1984 c. 60.