Commencement2

Subject to articles 3 and 4, the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act is 9th June 2008—

a

section 26 (release of certain long-term prisoners under Criminal Justice Act 1991) save insofar as subsection (2) inserts subsections (1C) and (1D) in section 33 of the Criminal Justice Act 19912;

b

section 148(1) and (2) (consequential etc. amendments and transitional and saving provision) insofar as they relate to the provisions specified in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this article;

c

the following paragraphs of Schedule 26 (minor and consequential amendments)—

i

9, 12(1) and (3)(b) and 19(1) and (4) (Repatriation of Prisoners Act 19843);

ii

29(1), (2) and (5) (Criminal Justice Act 1991);

iii

31 and 33(1) to (3) (Crime (Sentences) Act 19974); and

iv

40 and 45(a) (Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 20005); and

d

paragraphs 8 and 9 of Schedule 27 (transitory, transitional and saving provisions).