The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1984

• Citation: S.I. 1984/2002
• Sections: 3

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1984.

Section 2

(1) So much of section 1 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 as relates to search for stolen articles shall come into force on 1st January 1985 for the purpose of conferring powers on constables in localities to which this paragraph applies.

(2) Paragraph (1) applies to any locality in which there was in force on 31st December 1984 an enactment conferring power on a constable to search for stolen or unlawfully obtained goods, other than an enactment contained in a public general Act or an enactment relating to statutory undertakers.

Section 3

The provisions of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 specified in the Schedules to this Order shall come into force on the dates mentioned in the headings to those Schedules.