Criminal Justice and Police Act

HC Deb 18 July 2001 vol 372 c286W

Mr. Fabian Hamilton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when section 71 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 will come into force. [2871]

Mr. Denham

Section 71 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 will come into force by way of a commencement order on 1 October 2001. Prior to implementation we shall issue a Home Office Circular advising law enforcement agencies and others about the new powers of arrest for kerb crawling and hit and run driving contained in section 71.

The circular will also include guidance on section 71 of the Act (making importation of indecent or obscene material a serious arrestable offence) which will come into force at the same time as section 71.