Provisions coming into force on 6th April 20104

1

The following provisions of the 2009 Act shall come into force on 6th April 2010 in the relevant local justice areas2—

a

section 178 (repeals), so far as it relates to the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (b); and

b

in Part 3 of Schedule 23 (criminal evidence and procedure), the repeals relating to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 19843 and section 57C of the Crime and Disorder Act 19984.

2

The relevant local justice areas are—

a

in London: Barking and Dagenham; Barnet; Bexley; Brent; Bromley; Camden and Islington; City of London; City of Westminster; Croydon; Ealing; Enfield; Greenwich and Lewisham; Hackney and Tower Hamlets; Hammersmith and Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea; Haringey; Harrow Gore; Havering; Hillingdon; Hounslow; Kingston-upon-Thames; Lambeth and Southwark; Merton; Newham; Redbridge; Richmond-upon-Thames; Sutton; Waltham Forest; and Wandsworth; and

b

in Kent: Central Kent; East Kent; and North Kent.