1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2004.

(2) In this Order “the 2001 Act” means the Private Security Industry Act 2001.

2. Section 5 of the 2001 Act (offence of using unlicensed security operative) shall come into force on 1st December 2004 in the police areas( 2 ) of–

(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.