Clause 18 - Orders under this Part and guidance
Drugs Bill
2:30 pm
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Shadow Minister, Home Affairs; Chesham and Amersham, Conservative)
The clause deals with orders and guidance. An enormous amount of the substance of the Bill will be enacted through order and secondary legislation. It falls to me to question the Minister about subsection (2), which makes two provisions—first, that orders may
''make different provision for different police areas''
and, secondly, for those
''who have not attained the age of 18 to attend . . . an initial assessment or a follow-up assessment''.
How will the provision for different police areas be varied? Will persons under the age of 18 fall within the Bill's provisions in some police areas, but not others? That is my primary concern.