http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/23/schedule/4/crossheading/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984-c33/2019-07-01Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999An Act to provide for the referral of offenders under 18 to youth offender panels; to make provision in connection with the giving of evidence or information for the purposes of criminal proceedings; to amend section 51 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994; to make pre-consolidation amendments relating to youth justice; and for connected purposes.1999-08-06texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-12-06Expert Participation2019-07-01 SCHEDULESSCHEDULE 4 Minor and consequential amendments Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c.33)12The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 has effect subject to the following amendments.131Section 80 (competence and compellability of accused’s spouse) is amended as follows.2Omit subsections (1) and (8).3For subsections (2) to (4) substitute—2In any proceedings the wife or husband of a person charged in the proceedings shall, subject to subsection (4) below, be compellable to give evidence on behalf of that person.2AIn any proceedings the wife or husband of a person charged in the proceedings shall, subject to subsection (4) below, be compellable—ato give evidence on behalf of any other person charged in the proceedings but only in respect of any specified offence with which that other person is charged; orbto give evidence for the prosecution but only in respect of any specified offence with which any person is charged in the proceedings.3In relation to the wife or husband of a person charged in any proceedings, an offence is a specified offence for the purposes of subsection (2A) above if—ait involves an assault on, or injury or a threat of injury to, the wife or husband or a person who was at the material time under the age of 16;bit is a sexual offence alleged to have been committed in respect of a person who was at the material time under that age; orcit consists of attempting or conspiring to commit, or of aiding, abetting, counselling, procuring or inciting the commission of, an offence falling within paragraph (a) or (b) above.4No person who is charged in any proceedings shall be compellable by virtue of subsection (2) or (2A) above to give evidence in the proceedings.4AReferences in this section to a person charged in any proceedings do not include a person who is not, or is no longer, liable to be convicted of any offence in the proceedings (whether as a result of pleading guilty or for any other reason).4In subsection (5), omit “competent and” and, in the side-note, omit “Competence and”.14After section 80 insert— Rule where accused’s spouse not compellable.80AThe failure of the wife or husband of a person charged in any proceedings to give evidence in the proceedings shall not be made the subject of any comment by the prosecution.
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