Appointed day2

4 January 2016 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015—

a

section 5 (duty to prepare local strategies);

b

section 6 (publication and review of local strategies);

c

section 7 (matters to which regard must be had in preparing or reviewing a local strategy);

d

section 8 (duty to implement local strategies); and

e

section 13 (annual progress reports by local authorities and Local Health Boards).