Provisions coming into force on 18th June 2012 in certain local justice areas and the Crown Court for certain purposes
4.—(1) The following provisions of the 2003 Act come into force on 18th June 2012 in relation to the relevant local justice areas—
(a)section 41, so far as it relates to the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (c);
(b)section 332, so far as it relates to the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (d);
(c)Schedule 3(), so far as it is not already in force, other than—
(i)paragraph 19(1), so far as it would insert section 52B(4) of the 1998 Act;
(ii)paragraph 19(2)(b);
(iii)paragraph 57(2) (amendment of section 7A of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985());
(iv)paragraph 66(4), so far as it would omit paragraph (a) of the modified section 3(8) of the 1996 Act (initial duty of prosecutor to disclose);
(v)paragraphs 70 and 71(d) (extending to Northern Ireland reporting restrictions for applications for dismissal);
(d)Part 4 of Schedule 37(), so far as it is not already in force, other than the entry relating to paragraph (a) of the modified section 3(8) of the 1996 Act.
(2) The relevant local justice areas are: Bath and Wansdyke; Berkshire; Bristol; Liverpool and Knowsley; North Avon; North Hampshire; North Somerset; Ormskirk; Sefton; St Helens; Wigan and Leigh; and Wirral.
(3) The provisions specified in paragraph (1) are also to come into force on 18th June 2012 in relation to the Crown Court where it deals with—
(a)a person sent for trial by a magistrates’ court in a relevant local justice area;
(b)a person committed for sentence by a magistrates’ court in a relevant local justice area.