Criminal Justice Act 2003

337 Extent U.K.

(1) Subject to the following provisions of this section and to section 338, this Act extends to England and Wales only.

(2) The following provisions extend also to Scotland and Northern Ireland—

• sections 71 and 72;

• sections 82 and 83;

• F1 ...

• section 188 and Schedule 11;

• F1 ...

• section 293;

• section 306

• section 307;

• section 311;

• this Part, except sections 331, 332 and 334(5);

• paragraphs 19, 70 and 71 of Schedule 3;

• F1 ...

• paragraphs 3, 6, 7 and 8 of Schedule 27;

• paragraphs 6 to 8 of Schedule 31.

(3) The following provisions extend also to Scotland—

• section 50(14);

• section 286;

• sections 287, 288, and 291;

• section 302;

• paragraph 2 of Schedule 23;

• paragraphs 1, 2 and 5 of Schedule 27;

• paragraph 7 of Schedule 38.

(4) Section 290 extends to Scotland only.

(5) The following provisions extend also to Northern Ireland—

• Part 5;

• Part 7;

• sections 75 to 81;

• sections 84 to 93;

• sections 95 to 97;

• section 315;

• [F2 section 328;]

• Schedule 5.

• [F3 Schedule 35.]

(6) The following provisions extend to Northern Ireland only—

• F4 . . .

• sections 296 and 297;

• section 314;

• section 317;

• section 334(5).

(7) The amendment or repeal of any enactment by any provision of—

(a) Part 1,

(b) section 285,

(c) Part 2 of Schedule 3 (except as mentioned in subsection (8)),

(d) Schedule 27,

(e) Schedule 28,

(f) Part 1 of Schedule 32,

(g) Parts 1 to 4 and 6 of Schedule 36, and

(h) Parts 1 to 4, 6 to 8, 10 and 12 of Schedule 37 (except as mentioned in subsection (9)),

extends to the part or parts of the United Kingdom to which the enactment extends.

(8) Paragraphs 29, 30, 31, 39, 41, 50, 53 and 63 of Schedule 3 do not extend to Northern Ireland.

(9) The repeals in Part 4 of Schedule 37 relating to—

(a) the Bankers' Books Evidence Act 1879 (c. 11),

(b) the Explosive Substances Act 1883 (c. 3),

(c) the Backing of Warrants (Republic of Ireland) Act 1965 (c. 45),

(d) the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2), and

(e) the Contempt of Court Act 1981 (c. 49),

do not extend to Northern Ireland.

(10) The provisions mentioned in subsection (11), so far as relating to proceedings before a particular service court, have the same extent as the Act under which the court is constituted.

(11) Those provisions are—

• section 113 and Schedule 6;

• section 135 and Schedule 7.

(12) Nothing in subsection (1) affects —

(a) the extent of Chapter 7 of Part 12 so far as relating to sentences passed [F5 in respect of service offences within the meaning of the Armed Forces Act 2006], or

(b) the extent of section 299 and Schedule 30 so far as relating to the making of orders by, or orders made by, [F6 the Court Martial or the Court Martial Appeal Court].

[F7 (12A) Nothing in subsection (1) affects the extent of section 94; and section 384 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 applies in relation to section 94 of this Act as it applies in relation to that Act.]

(13) Any provision of this Act which—

(a) relates to any enactment contained in—

(i) F8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(ii) F8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(iii) F8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(iv) the [F9 Court Martial Appeals Act 1968](c. 20),[F10 or]

(v) F8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(vi) section 113 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60),

(vii) F8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(viii) F8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) F11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

has the same extent as the enactment to which it relates.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 337(2) repealed (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 28 (with ss. 413(4)(5), 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

F2 Words in s. 337(5) inserted (7.4.2005) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 167(a), 178(1)(a)

F3 Words in s. 337(5) inserted (7.4.2005) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 167(b), 178(1)(a)

F4 Words in s. 337(6) repealed (1.2.2005) by The Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/702 (N.I. 3)), arts. 1, 82(2), Sch. 8 (with art. 81); S.R. 2005/4, art. 3 (with arts. 4-7)

F5 Words in s. 337(12)(a) substituted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 31.10.2009) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378(1), 383, Sch. 16 para. 233(2)(a); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3 (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4

F6 Words in s. 337(12)(b) substituted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 31.10.2009) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378(1), 383, Sch. 16 para. 233(2)(b); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3 (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4

F7 S. 337(12A) inserted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 31.10.2009) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378(1), 383, Sch. 16 para. 233(3); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3 (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4

F8 S. 337(13)(a)(i)-(iii)(v)(vii)(viii) repealed (28.3.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 31.10.2009) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383, Sch. 16 para. 233(4)(a)(i), Sch. 17; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3 (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4

F9 Words in s. 337(13)(a)(iv) substituted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 31.10.2009) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378(1), 383, Sch. 16 para. 233(4)(a)(ii); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3 (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4

F10 Word in s. 337(13)(a)(iv) inserted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 31.10.2009) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378(1), 383, Sch. 16 para. 233(4)(a)(ii); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3 (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4

F11 S. 337(13)(b) repealed (28.3.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 31.10.2009); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383, Sch. 16 para. 233(4)(b), Sch. 17; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3 (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 337(12) modified (24.4.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 31.10.2009) by The Armed Forces Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions etc) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1059), arts. 1(3), 205, Sch. 1 para. 53(12)