The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1984
Article 2 of the Order brings section 1 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 into force on 1st January 1985 for the limited purpose of replacing constabulary powers of stop and search for stolen or unlawfully obtained goods exercisable under local enactments referred to in section 7(1) and (2) of the Act (which expire at the end of 1984) by the equivalent powers, in the localities to which those enactments apply, to search for stolen articles under section 1 of the Act.