The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Supplementary and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006
This Order makes supplementary and transitional provision which is expedient for the purposes of bringing into force and giving full effect to paragraphs 1 to 6 of Schedule 2 to the Police and Justice Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”). Paragraphs 1 to 6 of Schedule 2 to the 2006 Act introduce a new regime for the membership of police authorities. Those provisions will be brought into force on 15th January 2007. Regulations will be made under those provisions and will apply from, and to the appointments process applicable to appointments which take effect from, in the case of a police authority established under section 3 of the Police Act 1996 (“the 1996 Act”), 1st April 2008, and in the case of the Metropolitan Police Authority, 3rd July 2008. Until those dates, the existing provisions of the 1996 Act will continue to apply, except that those existing provisions which relate to the making of appointments will only apply in respect of appointments that take effect before those dates.