Citation and interpretation

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Policing and Crime Act 2017 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017.

(2) In these Regulations—

(a) “the Act” means the Policing and Crime Act 2017; and

(b) “the 2002 Act” means the Police Reform Act 2002( 2 ).

Provisions coming into force on 1st December 2017

2. The day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act is 1st December 2017—

(a) sections 29 (1) to (7) (disciplinary proceedings: former members of police forces and former special constables) in so far as not already in force( 3 );

(b) section 29 (8), in so far as that subsection relates to provisions specified in paragraphs 1 to 5 of Schedule 7 (disciplinary proceedings: former members of Ministry of Defence Police), and paragraphs 1 to 5 of Schedule 7 , in so far as not already in force;

(c) section 30 (police barred list and police advisory list) and Schedule 8 (Part to be inserted as Part 4A of the Police Act 1996( 4 )) in so far as not already in force;

(d) section 38 (powers of police civilian staff and police volunteers), Schedule 10 (Schedule to be inserted as Schedule 3B to the Police Reform Act 2002) and Schedule 11 (Schedule to be inserted as Schedule 3C to the Police Reform Act 2002);

(e) section 39 (application of Firearms Act 1968 to the police: special constables and volunteers);

(f) section 40 (training etc of police volunteers);

(g) section 41 (police volunteers: complaints and disciplinary matters);

(h) section 42 (police volunteers: police barred list and police advisory list);

(i) section 43 (police volunteers: inspection);

(j) section 44 (restrictions on designated persons acting as covert human intelligence sources), and

(k) section 45 (further amendments consequential on section 38 etc) and Schedule 12 (powers of civilian staff and volunteers: further amendments) in so far as not already in force.

Provisions coming into force on 1st December 2018

3. The day appointed for the coming into force of section 46 (removal of powers of police in England and Wales to appoint traffic wardens) and Schedule 13 (abolition of office of traffic warden) is 1st December 2018

Transitional provision

4. Subject to regulation 5, any designations made under section 38( 5 ) (police powers for civilian staff( 6 )) of the 2002 Act prior to the coming into force of section 38 of the Act (and the powers and duties conferred or imposed by that designation) remain in force until they are amended or revoked under section 38 of the 2002 Act as it applies after the coming into force of section 38 of the Act.

5. Regulation 4 does not apply to any part of a designation made under section 38 of the 2002 Act prior to the coming into force of section 38 of this Act which conferred or imposed powers and duties that are included in Part 1 of Schedule 3B( 7 ) (excluded powers and duties of constables) to the 2002 Act (as it applies after the coming into force of section 38 of the Act), with the effect that those powers cease to be conferred or imposed under section 38 of the 2002 Act.