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The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No.8 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2005
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Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders
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| Provision | Date of Commencement | S.I. No. |
|---|---|---|
| Sections 1, 2, 4, 6 to 8, 11 and 12 and Schedule 1 (amendments of Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984) | 20.1.2004 | 2004/81 |
| Section 3 (arrestable offences) | 29.1.2004 | 2004/81 |
| Section 5 (partially) (drug testing for under-eighteens) | 1.8.2004 | 2004/1867 |
| Section 9 (taking fingerprints without consent) | 5.4.2004 | 2004/829 |
| Section 10 (taking non-intimate samples without consent) | 5.4.2004 | 2004/829 |
| Sections 13, 15(3), 16, 17 and 19 to 21 (bail) | 5.4.2004 | 2004/829 |
| Sections 22 to 24 (conditional cautions) | 3.7.2004 | 2004/1629 |
| Section 25 (conditional cautions, code of practice) | 29.1.2004 | 2004/81 |
| Sections 26 and 27 (partially) (conditional cautions) | 3.7.2004 | 2004/1629 |
| Section 28 and Schedule 2 (partially) and section 31 (charging etc) | 29.1.2004 3.7.2004 | 2004/81 2004/1629 |
| Section 40 (code of practice for police interviews of witnesses notified by accused) | 5.4.2004 | 2004/829 |
| Section 42 (mode of trial for certain firearms offences: transitory arrangements | 22.1.2004 | 2004/81 |
| Section 49 (rules of court) | 29.1.2004 | 2004/81 |
| Section 55 (rules of court) | 29.1.2004 | 2004/81 |
| Section 73 (rules of court) | 29.1.2004 | 2004/81 |
| Section 93 (rules of court) | 29.1.2004 | 2004/81 |
| Section 97 (application of Criminal Appeal Acts) | 7.3.2005 | 2005/373 |
| Sections 98 to 113 and Schedule 6 (evidence of bad character) | 29.1.2004, 15.12.2004, 1.1.2005 | 2004/81 2004/3033 |
| Section 132 (rules of court) | 29.1.2004 | 2004/81 |
| Section 139 to 141 (use of documents to refresh memory) | 5.4.2004 | 2004/829 |
| Sections 167, 168 (partially) and 169 to 173 (sentencing and allocation guidelines) | 27.2.2004 | 2004/81 |
| Sections 158 (partially) and 159 (partially) | 7.3.2005 | 2005/373 |
| Section 174 (duty to give reasons for, and explain effect of, sentence) (partially) | 5.4.2004 | 2004/829 |
| Section 176 (interpretation of Chapter 1) | 5.4.2004 | 2004/829 |
| Section 178 (power to provide for court review of community orders) | 7.3.2005 | 2005/373 |
| Sections 182 to 187 and Schedule 10 (prison sentences of less than 12 months) (partially) | 26.1.2004 | 2003/3282 |
| Sections 195 to 205, 213 to 219 and Schedule 14, and sections 221 to 223 (further provisions about orders under Chapters 2 and 3) (partially, save in relation to 197(3)&(4), 202(3)(b), 215(3), 217(3), 222 &223) | 26.1.2004 7.3.2005 | 2003/3282 2005/373 |
| Sections 237, 239 and Schedule 19, 240(4)(a)241, 244 to 246, 248 to 257, 259, 263 to 265, 267 and 268 (release on licence) (partially, save in relation to 240(4)(a) and 267) | 26.1.2004 7.3.2005 | 2003/3282 2005/373 |
| Section 262 and Schedule 20 (prisoners liable to removal from the United Kingdom: modifications of Criminal Justice Act 1991) | 14.6.2004 | 2004/829 |
| Section 279 and Schedule 24 (drug treatment and testing requirement in action plan order or supervision order) (partially) | 1.12.2004 | 2004/3033 |
| Section 284 and Schedule 28 (increase in penalties for drug-related offences) | 29.1.2004 | 2004/81 |
| Section 285 (increase in penalties for certain driving-related offences) | 27.2.2004 | 2004/81 |
| Section 286 (increase in penalties for offences under section 174 of the Road Traffic Act 1988) | 29.1.2004 | 2004/81 |
| Sections 287 to 293 (firearms offences) and Schedule 29 (sentencing for firearms offences in Northern Ireland) | 22.1.2004 | 2004/81 |
| Sections 294 to 297 (offenders transferred to mental hospital) | 20.1.2004 | 2004/81 |
| Section 299 and Schedule 30 (disqualification from working with children) | 1.5.2004 | 2004/829 |
| Section 300 and Schedule 31 (default orders) (partially) | 7.3.2005 | 2005/373 |
| Section 301 (fine defaulters: driving disqualification) (partially) | 7.3.2005 | 2005/373 |
| Section 302 (execution of process between England and Wales and Scotland) (partially) | 26.1.2004 | 2003/3282 |
| Section 304 and Schedule 32 (amendments relating to sentencing) (partially) | 26.1.2004 22.1.2004 | 2003/3282 2004/81 |
| Section 305 (interpretation of Part 12) (partially) | 26.1.2004 | 2003/3282 |
| Section 306 (detention of suspected terrorists) | 20.1.2004 | 2004/81 |
| Sections 313 and 314 (extension of investigations by Criminal Cases Review Commission in England and Wales and Northern Ireland | 1.9.2004 | 2004/1629 |
| Sections 316 and 317 (power to substitute conviction of alternative offence on appeal in England and Wales and Northern Ireland) | 1.9.2004 | 2004/1629 |
| Section 318 (substitution of conviction on different charge on appeal from court-martial) | 1.9.2004 | 2004/1629 |
| Section 320 (offence of outraging public decency triable either way) | 20.1.2004 | 2004/81 |
| Section 321 and Schedule 33 (jury service) | 5.4.2004 | 2004/829 |
| Sections 322 and 323 (individual support orders) | 1.5.2004 | 2004/829 |
| Section 324 and Schedule 34 (parenting orders and referral orders) | 27.2.2004 | 2004/81 |
| Sections 325 to 327 (arrangements for assessing etc risks posed by sexual or violent offenders) | 5.4.2004 | 2004/829 |
| Section 328 and Schedule 35 (criminal record certificates: amendments of Part 5 of the Police Act 1997) (partially) | 29.1.2004 | 2004/81 |
| Section 329 (civil proceedings brought by offenders) | 20.1.2004 | 2004/81 |
| Section 331 and Schedule 36 (further minor and consequential amendments) (partially) | 5.4.2004 1.9.2004 15.12.2004 1.1.2005 | 2004/829 2004/1629 2004/3033 |
| Section 332 and Schedule 37 (repeals) (partially) | 20.1.2004, 29.1.2004, 27.2.2004 5.4.2004, 15.12.2004 | 2004/81 2004/829 2004/3033 |
| Section 333 and Schedule 38 (supplementary and consequential provision, etc.) (partially) | 27.2.2004 | 2004/81 |
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