The Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (Commencement No. 1, Saving and Transitional Provisions) Order 2015

4.  The commencement of—

(a) section 74 of the Act has no effect in relation to anything done during the trial period (as defined in section 20A(5) of the Juries Act 1974(1)) by a member of a jury trying an issue in a case, where that person is sworn to try the issue before 13th April 2015;

(b) paragraph 6 of Schedule 13 to the Act has no effect in relation to anything done during the inquest period (as defined in paragraph 5A(5) of Schedule 6 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009(2)) by a member of a jury inquiring into an issue in a case, where that person is sworn to inquire into the issue before 13th April 2015; and

(c) paragraph 3 of Schedule 14 to the Act, insofar as it inserts paragraphs 5 to 8 of Schedule 2A to the Armed Forces Act 2006, has no effect in relation to anything done during the trial period (as defined in paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 2A to the Armed Forces Act 2006(3)) by a lay member of the Court Martial trying a case where that person is sworn to try the case before 13th April 2015.

(1)

Section 20A is inserted by section 71 of the Act.

(2)

Paragraph 5A is inserted by paragraph 5 of Schedule 13 to the Act.

(3)

Schedule 2A is inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 14 to the Act.