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Criminal Justice Act 1987

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16Commencement

(1)Subject to subsection (3) below, this Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint; and different days may be appointed in pursuance of this subsection for different provisions or different purposes of the same provision.

(2)An order under subsection (1) above may make such transitional provision as appears to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient in connection with any provision thereby brought into force.

(3)The following provisions shall come into force on the day this Act is passed—

  • section 13;

  • this section;

  • sections 17 and 18.

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