Statutory Instrument 1992 No. 333 (C.8)

The Criminal Justice Act 1991 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1992

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1992 No. 333 (C.8)

CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES CRIMINAL LAW, SCOTLAND CRIMINAL LAW, NORTHERN IRELAND

The Criminal Justice Act 1991 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1992

In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 102(2) and (3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991^[1], I hereby make the following Order:

    1.    This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1992.

    2.—(1)  The provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 ("the 1991 Act") referred to in the left-hand column of Schedule 1 to this Order (which relate to the matters described in the right-hand column of that Schedule) shall come into force on 1st April 1992.

    (2)  Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4) below, the provisions of the 1991 Act referred to in the left-hand column of Schedule 2 to this Order (which relate to the matters described in the right-hand column of that Schedule) shall come into force on 1st October 1992.

    (3)  The coming into force of section 18(1) and (2) of the 1991 Act (fixing of certain fines by magistrates' courts by reference to units) shall not have effect for the purposes of any enactment, including any enactment made or passed after the date of making of this Order, the effect whereof is to empower or require the Crown Court to deal with a person before the court in like manner as a magistrates' court.

    (4)  The coming into force of section 68 of the 1991 Act shall not have effect for the purpose of bringing into force paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 8 and, to the extent that it would otherwise apply to section 34 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933^[2], sub-paragraph (3) of that paragraph.

    (5)  The provisions of the 1991 Act referred to in the left-hand column of Schedule 3 to this Order (which relate to the matters described in the right-hand column of that Schedule) shall come into force on the day appointed by the Secretary of State by order under section 62(1) (secure accommodation: transitory provisions).

    3.—(1)  Subject to paragraphs (2) to (4) below, this Order extends to England and Wales only.

    (2)  So far as relating to the following provisions of the 1991 Act, namely—
 (a) sections 16, 17(1) and (2) and 24; and
 (b) Schedule 3, paragraph 6 of Schedule 6, paragraph 5 of Schedule 8, paragraph 15 of Schedule 11 and, so far as relating to the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968^[3], Schedule 13,
this Order also extends to Scotland.

    (3)  So far as relating to section 23(2), and to Schedule 13 in so far as it relates to the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975^[4], this Order extends to Scotland only.

    (4)  So far as relating to the following provisions of the 1991 Act, namely, section 16, Schedule 3, paragraph 16 of Schedule 11 and, so far as relating to the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968, Schedule 13, this Order also extends to Northern Ireland.

Kenneth Baker

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

21st February 1992

[1] 1991 c. 53. back

[2] 1933 c. 12. back

[3] 1968 c. 49. back

[4] 1975 c. 21. back

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