The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Commencement No. 4, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2010

Provisions coming into force on 4th October 2010

5.  The following provisions of the 2009 Act shall come into force on 4th October 2010—

(a) section 52 (persons suffering from diminished responsibility (England and Wales));

(b) section 56(2)(a) (repeal relating to abolition of common law defence of provocation);

(c) section 57 (infanticide (England and Wales));

(d) in section 177 (consequential etc amendments and transitional and saving provisions), subsection (1) so far as it relates to the provision specified in sub-paragraph (f);

(e) section 178, so far as it relates to the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (g);

(f) in Schedule 21 (minor and consequential amendments), paragraph 52;

(g) in Part 2 of Schedule 23 (criminal offences), the repeals relating to—

(i) the Homicide Act 1957(1); and

(ii) the Criminal Justice Act 2003(2).

(1)

1957 c. 11.

(2)

2003 c. 44.