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(1) This Order may be cited as the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Appointed Day No. 3) Order 1997.
(2) Subject to article 2(2) below, this Order extends to England and Wales and Scotland only.
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(1) 1st April 1997 is hereby appointed for the purposes of—
(a) Part I of, and
(b) sections 51, 61, 63 and 69 of,
the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (“the Act”).
(2) Sub-paragraph (a) and, so far as it relates to sections 51 and 69 of the Act, sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) above extend to England and Wales only.
Michael Howard
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
8th March 1997