The Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2004

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(a) Avon and Somerset;

(b) Cheshire;

(c) Cumbria;

(d) Devon and Cornwall;

(e) Dorset;

(f) Dyfed Powys;

(g) Gloucestershire;

(h) Greater Manchester;

(i) Gwent;

(j) Hampshire;

(k) Lancashire;

(l) Leicestershire;

(m) Merseyside;

(n) North Wales;

(o) South Wales;

(p) Staffordshire;

(q) Warwickshire;

(r) West Mercia;

(s) West Midlands; and

(t) Wiltshire.

     3.  - (1) The following provisions of the 2001 Act shall come into force in the police areas specified in paragraph (2) below on 13^th December 2004-

(a) section 3(1) and (2)(a) to (i) (conduct prohibited without a licence); and

(b) section 5 (offence of using unlicensed security operative).

    (2) The following police areas are specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) above-

(a) Cleveland;

(b) Durham;

(c) Humberside;

(d) Northumbria;

(e) North Yorkshire;

(f) South Yorkshire; and

(g) West Yorkshire.

     4.  - (1) The following provisions of the 2001 Act shall come into force in the police areas specified in paragraph (2) below on 3^rd January 2005 - 

(a) section 3(1) and (2)(a) to (i) (conduct prohibited without a licence); and

(b) section 5 (offence of using unlicensed security operative).

    (2) The following police areas are specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) above-

(a) Cambridgeshire;

(b) Derbyshire;

(c) Lincolnshire;

(d) Norfolk;

(e) Nottinghamshire; and

(f) Suffolk.

Hazel Blears
Minister of State

Home Office
28th November 2004

[2] The term "police area" has the meaning ascribed to it in section 101(1) of the Police Act 1996 (c. 16) by virtue of Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30).back