The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Commencement No. 16) Order 2020

This Order brings section 163(2) of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15) into force on 27th March 2020, insofar as it relates to section 113E(1) and (2) of the Police Act 1997 (c. 50) (“1997 Act”) and the type of applications listed in article 2(a) of this Order. For the purposes of applications made by an emergency volunteer, as defined in section 9(8)(a) of the Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7), section 163(2) will come into force immediately after section 9(8) of that Act comes into force.