Statutory Instruments
1998 No. 277 (C. 5)
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES
CRIMINAL LAW, SCOTLAND
CRIMINAL LAW, NORTHERN IRELAND
The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (Commencement No. 12 and Transitional Provision) Order 1998
Made
9th February 1998
In exercise of the power conferred upon him by section 172(2) and (3) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994(1), the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (Commencement No. 12 and Transitional Provision) Order 1998.
2. In this Order, “the 1994 Act” means the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.
3.—(1) Subject to article 4 below, sections 1 to 4 of the 1994 Act (secure training orders) shall come into force on 1st March 1998.
(2) Section 168(2) of and Schedule 10 to the 1994 Act, so far as not already in force, shall come into force on that date.
(3) Section 168(3) of the 1994 Act shall, so far as it is not already in force, come into force on that date to the extent necessary to bring into force on that date the following entries in Schedule 11 to the 1994 Act:
| 1952 c. 52 | Prison Act 1952 | In section 43(1), the word “and” at the end of paragraph (b). |
| 1967 c. 80 | Criminal Justice Act 1967 | In section 67(5), the word “and” at the end of paragraph (a). |
| 1982 c. 48 | Criminal Justice Act 1982 | In Schedule 14, paragraph 8. |
4. Section 1 of the 1994 Act (power to make a secure training order) shall not have effect where the offence referred to in subsection (1)(a) of that section was committed before 1st March 1998.
Jack Straw
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
9th February 1998
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 1st March 1998 sections 1 to 4 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (which relate to secure training orders) and associated amendments and repeals in Schedules 10 and 11 to that Act.
By virtue of article 4 of the Order, the power to make a secure training order conferred by section 1 of the 1994 Act does not apply where the offence for which an offender is to be dealt with by the court was committed before that date.
Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders
(This note is not part of the Order)
| Provisions | Date of Commencement | S.I. No. |
|---|---|---|
| Section 159(1), (2) and (4) | 19.12.1994 | 1994/2935 |
| Sections 16, 151 and 168 (partially); and Schedules 9, 10 and 11 (all partially only) | 9.1.1995 | 1994/3192 |
| Section 52 | 11.1.1995 | 1994/3258 |
| Section 53 | 2.2.1995 | 1995/24 |
| Sections 17, 18, 23, 24, 31 to 33, 40 to 43, 46 to 51, 64(1) to (3) (partially), 66(6) and (10) to (13), 67(3) to (5), (8) and (9), 72 to 74, 84 to 87, 88, 91, 92, 102 to 117 and Schedule 6, sections 129 to 133, 134 (partially), 135 to 141, 152 to 155, 157 and Schedule 8, sections 160 to 164, 168 (partially), 169, 170 and Schedules 9, 10 and 11 (all partially only) | 3.2.1995 | 1995/127 |
| Section 134 | 1.6.1995 | 1995/127 |
| Sections 25 to 30 and Schedule 3, sections 34 to 39, 54 to 59, 60, 62, 64(4), (5) and (6), 66(1) to (5) and (7) to (9), 67(1), (2), (6) and (7), 118 to 125 and Schedule 7, section 156 and section 168 (partially) and Schedules 9, 10 and 11 (all partially only) | 10.4.1995 | 1995/721 |
| Section 19 | 30.5.1995 | 1995/1378 |
| Sections 75 and 76 and Schedule 10 (partially) | 24.8.1995 | 1995/1957 |
| Section 45, section 168 (partially), Schedule 5 and Schedules 10 and 11 (both partially) | 4.9.1995 | 1995/1957 |
| Section 89 | 1.11.1995 | 1995/1957 |
| Section 22 | 8.3.1996 | 1996/625 |
| Section 149 and Schedule 10 (partially) | 1.7.1996 | 1996/1608 |
| Section 158(2), (5), (6), (7) and (8) and section 159(5) | 1.4.1997 | 1997/882 |