25 Operation and revision of code.E+W+N.I.
(1)When the Secretary of State has prepared a code under section 23—
(a)he shall publish it in the form of a draft,
(b)he shall consider any representations made to him about the draft, and
(c)he may modify the draft accordingly.
(2)When the Secretary of State has acted under subsection (1) he shall lay the code before each House of Parliament, and when he has done so he may bring it into operation on such day as he may appoint by order.
(3)A code brought into operation under this section shall apply in relation to suspected or alleged offences into which no criminal investigation has begun before the day so appointed.
(4)The Secretary of State may from time to time revise a code previously brought into operation under this section; and the preceding provisions of this section shall apply to a revised code as they apply to the code as first prepared.
Subordinate Legislation Made
P1S. 25(2) power partly exercised: 4.4.2005 appointed for specified provisions by {S.I. 2005/985}, art. 2; 15.7.2005 for specified provisions by {S.I. 2005/2692}, art. 2