Commencement
547.Sections 150, 175, 180, 181(2) and (4), and 182 to 186 of the Act (general) come into force on Royal Assent. Sections 151 and 177 come into force two months after Royal Assent.
548.All other provisions will be brought into force by means of commencement orders made by the Secretary of State or, in the case of the provisions in sections 94 to 98 and 100 (and the associated provisions in Schedules 3 and 11) in their application in Wales, by the Welsh Ministers; in the case of the provision in section 122, by the Scottish Ministers, and in the case of section 149, by the Attorney General.
549.Section 185(10) provides the Secretary of State with a power to bring provisions of the Act that refer to the Police Negotiating Board for Scotland into force with consequential amendments or transitional provision, if there is no body of that name in existence on the material date (for example, because the provisions of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill establishing the Board are not yet in force or have been amended).