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Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 716 (C.20)

CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Commencement) (Section 67) Order 1999

Made

9th March 1999

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 67(2) and 77(4) of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996(1), hereby makes the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Commencement) (Section 67) Order 1999.

2.  Section 67 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 shall have effect in relation to any proceedings for the purpose of which no witness summons has been issued under section 2 of the Criminal Procedure (Attendance of Witnesses) Act 1965(2) before 1st April 1999.

Jack Straw

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

9th March 1999

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides that section 67 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (witness summons: securing attendance of witness) shall have effect in relation to proceedings for the purpose of which no witness summons has been issued before 1st April 1999.

(2)

1965 c. 69; section 2 has been substituted by section 66(2) of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996.