LegalizeThe Crime and Security Act 2010 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2012
Made: 20th June 2012
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 59(1) and (4) of the Crime and Security Act 2010[^f00001].
Citation
1
This Order may be cited as the Crime and Security Act 2010 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2012.
Commencement
2
Sections 24 to 30 of the Crime and Security Act 2010 (domestic violence) shall come into force in the police areas specified in article 3 on 30th June 2012.
3
The specified police areas are Greater Manchester, West Mercia and Wiltshire.
Signed
Lynne Featherstone — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State — 20th June 2012
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Order brings into force sections 24 to 30 of the Crime and Security Act 2010 on 30th June 2012 in Greater Manchester, West Mercia and Wiltshire police areas. These provisions include the power for an authorising officer to issue a domestic violence protection notice to an alleged perpetrator of domestic violence, and the power for a magistrates’ court, on an application made by complaint by a constable, to make a domestic violence protection order.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 2010 c.17.
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