LegalizeThe Approved Premises (Substance Testing) Act 2022 (Commencement) Regulations 2022
Made: 28th September 2022
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred by section 2(2) of the Approved Premises (Substance Testing) Act 2022[^f00001], makes the following Regulations.
Citation and extent
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Approved Premises (Substance Testing) Act 2022 (Commencement) Regulations 2022.
2
These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
Commencement of Act
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The Approved Premises (Substance Testing) Act 2022 comes into force on 3rd October 2022.
Signed
Rob Butler — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Ministry of Justice — 28th September 2022
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
These Regulations commence the whole of the Approved Premises (Substance Testing) Act 2022.
The Approved Premises (Substance Testing) Act 2022 inserts a new section 13A (approved premises: substance testing) into the Offender Management Act 2007 (c. 21) to set out powers to substance and prevalence test residents of approved premises. Under these powers, residents can be required to provide a sample, which will be used to ascertain whether a resident has controlled drugs, prescription medicine, medicinal products, or psychoactive substances in their system.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 2022 c. 27.
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