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2007 No. 391 (C. 16)

CRIMINAL LAW

The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No.8 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2007

  Made 14th February 2007 

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 330(4)(b), 336(3) and (4)of the Criminal Justice Act 2003[1] :

     1. This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No.8 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 3rd April 2007.

     2. In articles 2(2) and 4(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No.8 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2005[2], for the words "4th April 2007" there shall be substituted the words "4th April 2009".


Gerry Sutcliffe
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Home Office
14th February 2007


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order amends the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No.8 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2005 (the 2005 Order) by changing the coming into force date of certain provisions from 4th April 2007 to 4th April 2009. The effect is that, in so far as they apply where a person aged 16 or 17 is convicted of an offence, commencement of sections 177 and 179 to 180 of and Schedule 8 and 9 to the 2003 Act (community orders) is deferred until 4th April 2009. Commencement of related amendments in Schedule 32 to the 2003 Act, referred to in article 4(2) of the 2005 Order, is also deferred until 4th April 2009. Until that time the transitional provisions in paragraphs 7 to 13 of Schedule 2 to the 2005 Order will continue to have effect.


NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)




Provision Date of Commencement S.I. No.
Sections 1, 2, 4, 6 to 8, 11 and 12 and Schedule 1 (amendments of Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984) 20.1.2004 2004/81
Section 3 (arrestable offences) 29.1.2004 2004/81
Section 5 (partially)(drug testing for under-eighteens); 1.8.2004 2004/1867
to the extent not already in force 1.12.2005 2005/3055
Section 9 (taking fingerprints without consent) 5.4.2004 2004/829
Section 10 (taking non-intimate samples without consent) 5.4.2004 2004/829
Sections 13, 15(3), 16, 17, 18, 19 to 21 (bail) 5.4.2004 2004/829
           4.4.2005 2005/950
Sections 14, 15(1) and (2) (partially) (bail) 1.1.2007 2006/3217
Sections 22 to 24 (conditional cautions) 3.7.2004 2004/1629
Section 25 (conditional cautions, code of practice) 29.1.2004 2004/81
Sections 26 and 27 (partially)(conditional cautions) 3.7.2004 2004/1629
Section 28 and Schedule 2 (partially) and 29.1.2004 2004/81
section 31 (charging etc) 3.7.2004 2004/1629
Sections 32, 33(2), 36 to 38 and 39 (disclosure) 4.4.2005 2005/950
           15.7.2005 2005/1817
Section 33(1) (partially) 24.7.2006 2006/1835
Section 40 (code of practice for police interviews of witnesses notified by accused) 5.4.2004 2004/829
Section 41 (allocation of offences triable either way)(partially) and Schedule 3 (partially) 4.4.2005 2005/950
           9.5.2005 2005/1267
Section 42 (mode of trial for certain firearms offences: transitory arrangements) 22.1.2004 2004/81
Section 44 (jury tampering), 45 (procedure for applications), 46 (discharge of jury because of jury tampering), 47 (appeals), 48 (partially) 24.7.2006 2006/1835
Section 49 (rules of court) 29.1.2004 2004/81
Section 50 (application of Part 7 to Northern Ireland) (partially) 8.1.2007 2006/3422
Section 55 (rules of court) 29.1.2004 2004/81
Sections 57 to 61, 67 to 74 (prosecution 29.1.2004 2004/81
appeals) 4.4.2005 2005/950
Sections 75 to 96 and Schedule 5 (retrial for 29.1.2004 2004/81
serious offences) 18.4.2005           
Section 97 (application of Criminal Appeal Acts) 7.3.2005 2005/373
Sections 98 to 113 and Schedule 6 (evidence of 29.1.2004 2004/81
bad character) 15.12.2004, 2004/3033
           1.1.2005           
Sections 114 to 136 (hearsay evidence) and 29.1.2004 2004/81
Schedule 7 (hearsay evidence: armed forces) 4.4.2005 2005/950
Section 139 to 141 (use of documents to refresh memory) 5.4.2004 2004/829
Sections 142 to 150, 152, 153, 156 to 160; 162 7.3.2005 2005/373
to 166 4.4.2005 2005/950
Sections 167 and 168 (partially) and 169 to 173 (sentencing and allocation guidelines) 27.2.2004 2004/81
Section 174 (duty to give reasons for, and 5.4.2004 2004/829
explain effect of, sentence) 4.4.2005 2005/950
Section 175 (duty to publish information about sentencing) 4.4.2005 2005/950
Section 176 (interpretation of Chapter1) 5.4.2004 2004/829
Sections 177, 179 and 180 (community orders) 4.4.2005 2005/950
and Schedule 8 (breach, revocation or amendment of community order) and Schedule 9 (transfer of community orders to Scotland or Northern Ireland)(all partially and subsequently all for remaining purposes) 4.4.2007 2005/950
Section 178 (power to provide for court review of community orders) 7.3.2005 2005/373
Sections 182 to 187 and Schedule 10 (prison sentences of less than 12 months)(all partially) 26.1.2004 2003/3282
Sections 189 to 194 (suspended sentences); 4.4.2005 2005/950
Schedule 12 (breach or amendment of suspended sentence order, and effect of further conviction) and Schedule 13 (transfer of suspended sentence orders to Scotland or Northern Ireland).                      
Sections 195, 196 (partially), 197 to 203, 204 26.1.2004 2003/3282
(partially), 205 to 212, 213 (partially), 214, 7.3.2005 2005/373
215, 216 (partially), 217 to 220 and Schedule 14, and sections 221 to 223 (further provisions about orders under Chapters 2 and 3). 4.4.2005 2005/950
Sections 224 to 236 (dangerous offenders); 4.4.2005 2005/950
Schedule 15 (specified offences for the purposes of Chapter 5 of Part 12); Schedule 16 (Scottish offences specified for the purposes of section 229(4)); Schedule 17 (Northern Ireland offences specified for the purposes of section 229(4)) and Schedule 18 (release of prisoners serving sentences of imprisonment or detention for public protection)                      
Sections 237 to 243 (release on licence: 26.1.2004 2003/3282
preliminary), 244 (partially) and 245 to 249, 7.3.2005 2005/373
250 to 251 (partially), 252 to 256, 257 4.4.2005 2005/950
(partially), 258 to 261, 263, 264 (partially),                      
265, 267 to 268 (release on licence) and Schedule 19 (parole board: supplementary provisions)                      
Section 262 and Schedule 20 (prisoners liable to removal from the United Kingdom: modifications of Criminal Justice Act 1991) 14.6.2004 2004/829
Section 278 and Schedule 23 (deferment of sentence) 4.4.2005 2005/950
Section 279 and Schedule 24 (drug treatment 1.12.2004 2004/3033
and testing requirement in action plan order or supervision order)(partially)                      
Section 284 and Schedule 28 (increase in penalties for drug-related offences) 29.1.2004 2004/81
Section 285 (increase in penalties for certain driving-related offences) 27.2.2004 2004/81
Section 286 (increase in penalties for offences under section 174 of the Road Traffic Act 1988) 29.1.2004 2004/81
Sections 287 to 293 (firearms offences) and Schedule 29 (sentencing for firearms offences in Northern Ireland) 22.1.2004 2004/81
Sections 294 to 297 (offenders transferred to mental hospital) 20.1.2004 2004/81
Section 299 and Schedule 30 (disqualification from working with children) 1.5.2004 2004/829
Section 300 and Schedule 31 (default orders)(partially) 7.3.2005 2005/373
Section 301 (fine defaulters: driving disqualification)(partially) 7.3.2005 2005/373
Section 302 (execution of process between 26.1.2004 2003/3282
England and Wales and Scotland) 4.4.2005 2005/950
Section 303 (sentencing: repeals)(partially) 4.4.2005 2005/950
Section 304 and Schedule 32 (amendments 26.1.2004 2003/3282
relating to sentencing)(partially) 22.1.2004 2004/81
           4.4.2005 2005/950
Section 305 (interpretation of Part 12) 26.1.2004 2003/3282
           4.4.2005 2005/950
Section 306 (detention of suspected terrorists) 20.1.2004 2004/81
Section 307 (enforcement of regulations) 21.7.2005 2005/1817
Sections 308 to 312 (miscellaneous provisions about criminal proceedings) 4.4.2005 2005/950
Sections 313 and 314 (extension of investigations by Criminal Cases Review Commission in England and Wales and Northern Ireland) 1.9.2004 2004/1629
Section 315 (appeals following reference by the Criminal Cases Review Commission) 4.4.2005 2005/950
Sections 316 and 317 (power to substitute conviction of alternative offence on appeal in England and Wales and Northern Ireland) 1.9.2004 2004/1629
Section 318 (substitution of conviction on different charge on appeal from court-martial) 1.9.2004 2004/1629
Section 319 (appeals against sentence in England and Wales) 4.4.2005 2005/950
Section 320 (offence of outraging public decency triable either way) 20.1.2004 2004/81
Section 321 and Schedule 33 (jury service) 5.4.2004 2004/829
Sections 322 and 323 (individual support orders) 1.5.2004 2004/829
Section 324 and Schedule 34 (parenting orders and referral orders) 27.2.2004 2004/81
Sections 325 to 327 (arrangements for assessing etc risks posed by sexual or violent offenders) 5.4.2004 2004/829
Section 328 and Schedule 35 (criminal record 29.1.2004 2004/81
certificates: amendments of Part 5 of the Police Act 1997)(partially) 14.3.2006 2006/751
Section 329 (civil proceedings brought by offenders) 20.1.2004 2004/81
Section 331 and Schedule 36 (further minor 5.4.2004 2004/829
and consequential amendments)(partially) 1.9.2004 2004/1629
           15.12.2004 2004/3033
           1.1.2005           
           4.4.2005 2005/950
           15.7.2005 2005/1817
           24.7.2006 2006/1835
           8.1.2007 2006/3422
Section 332 and Schedule 37 (repeals) 20.1.2004, 2004/81
(partially) 29.1.2004,           
           27.2.2004           
           5.4.2004 2004/829
           15.12.2004 2004/3033
           4.4.2005 2005/950
           15.7.2005 2005/1817
           14.3.2006 2006/751
Section 333 and Schedule 38 (supplementary 27.2.2004 2004/81
and consequential provision, etc.)(partially) 4.4.2005 2005/950

Notes:

 [1] 2003 c. 44.back

[2] S.I.2005/950back


ISBN 978 0 11 075809 1


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Prepared 20 February 2007

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