Statutory Instrument 1987 No. 1061 (C.27)

The Criminal Justice Act 1987 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1987

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1987 No. 1061 (C.27)

CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND

The Criminal Justice Act 1987 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1987

In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 16 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987^[1] , I hereby make the following Order:

    1.    This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 1987 (CommencementNo. 1) Order 1987.

    2.—(1)  Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) below, the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 specified in the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 20th July 1987.

    (2)  Section 1 of the said Act of 1987 (including Schedule 1 thereto) shall so come into force for the purposes only of the appointment of a person to be the Director of the Serious Fraud Office, the appointment of staff for the Office and the doing of such other things as may be necessary or expedient for the establishment of the Office.

    (3)  Nothing in section 12 of the said Act of 1987 shall apply to things done before 20th July 1987.

Douglas Hurd

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office

17th June 1987

[1] 1987 c. 38. back

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