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2011 No. 2144 (C. 76)
Criminal Procedure, England And Wales
The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 14) Order 2011
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 49(3) and 53(1) of the Police and Justice Act 2006():
Citation
1. This Order may be cited as the Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 14) Order 2011.
Appointed day
2.—(1) The following provisions of the Police and Justice Act 2006 come into force on 3rd October 2011 in the relevant local justice areas()—
(a)section 45 (attendance by accused at certain preliminary or sentencing hearings), to the extent that it is not already in force; and
(b)section 46 (live link bail).
(2) The relevant local justice areas are: Central Hertfordshire; Chester, Ellesmere Port and Neston; East Hertfordshire; Halton; Macclesfield; North Hertfordshire; South Cheshire; Vale Royal; Warrington; and West Hertfordshire.
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State
Nick Herbert
Minister of State
Ministry of Justice
25th August 2011
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Order brings into force on 3rd October 2011 the provisions of the Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48) (“the 2006 Act”) set out in article 2(1), but only in certain local justice areas (article 2(2)).
Section 45 of the 2006 Act, in so far as it comes into force by virtue of this Order, inserts section 57C of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) (“the 1998 Act”), which is amended by section 106 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25). Section 57C of the 1998 Act concerns the use of live links at preliminary hearings in magistrates’ courts where the accused is at a police station. A live link is a video-link between a court and a police station.
Section 46 of the 2006 Act amends the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) to allow police to grant bail subject to a duty to attend at a police station for proceedings in relation to a live link direction.
NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS
The following provisions of the Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48) have been brought into force by commencement order made before the date of this Order:
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