§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the powers contained in the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 will be available to the police.[146312]
§ Ms BlearsAll of the measures in the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 will need to be commenced by Order.
The first set of measures will be commenced under The Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2003 (Statutory Instrument 2003 Number 3300 (C.130)) made on 17 December 2003. This brings into force a number of the provisions of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 on 20 January 2004 and 27 February 2004
Orders commencing the remaining measures in the Act will come into effect before the end of 2004. We will be publishing a detailed timetable giving the dates for the commencement of the remaining sections of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 shortly.