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).