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Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006

Part 4: General

Section 64: Expenses

314.This section authorises additional expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State as a result of the provisions of the Act and increases in expenditure under existing Acts.

Section 65: Repeals

315.Repeals can be found in Schedule 5 of the Act.

Section 66: Short title, commencement and extent

316.Subsection (1) sets out the short title of the Act. Subsections (2) and (3) provide for commencement. Subsections (4) to (8) set out the extent of the Act. Section 62 on mobile telephones extends to the United Kingdom. The provisions on using someone to mind a weapon (sections 28 and 29) and on firearms (sections 30 to 41 and 50) extend to Great Britain only. Section 44 and Schedule 1 extend to Northern Ireland only. The provisions relating to sexual offences (sections 54 to 58 and Schedule 4) extend to England and Wales and Northern Ireland only. The other provisions of the Act extend to England and Wales only.

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