Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014

General

20 Consequential and supplementary provision etc

(1) The Secretary of State may by order make consequential, supplementary or incidental provision in relation to any provision of this Act.

(2) An order under this section may—

(a) make different provision for different purposes, and

(b) amend, repeal or revoke legislation.

(3) An order under this section making provision in relation to any of sections 1 to 7, Schedules 1, 2 and 3 and paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 may make different provision for different areas.

(4) An order under this section is to be made by statutory instrument.

(5) A statutory instrument containing an order under this section is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament, subject to subsection (6).

(6) A statutory instrument containing an order under this section that amends or repeals an Act (whether alone or with other provision) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.

(7) In this section—

• “Act” includes an Act or Measure of the National Assembly for Wales;

• “legislation”, in relation to an order made in relation to a provision of this Act, means—

  (a)

  an Act passed before or in the same Session as this Act, or

  (b)

  an instrument made under an Act before the provision comes into force.

21 Transitional provision etc

(1) Schedule 7 makes provision about the cases to which the amendments made by this Act apply.

(2) The Secretary of State may by order make other transitional, transitory or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of any provision of this Act.

(3) An order under this section—

(a) may make different provision for different purposes, and

(b) in connection with sections 1 to 7, Schedules 1, 2 and 3 and paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 may make different provision for different areas.

(4) An order under this section is to be made by statutory instrument.

22 Commencement

(1) This Act comes into force on such day or days as the Secretary of State may appoint by order, subject to subsection (2).

(2) This section and sections 20, 21(2) to (4), 23 and 24 come into force on the day on which this Act is passed.

(3) An order under this section—

(a) may appoint different days for different purposes, and

(b) in relation to sections 1 to 7, Schedules 1, 2 and 3 and paragraph 2 of Schedule 6, may appoint different days for different areas.

(4) An order under this section is to be made by statutory instrument.

23 Extent

(1) An amendment or repeal made by this Act, other than an armed forces amendment or repeal, has the same extent as the provision amended or repealed (ignoring extent by virtue of an Order in Council).

(2) Subject to subsection (1), this Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

(3) So far as sections 20, 21 and 22 confer power to make provision amending or otherwise relating to Schedule 1 to the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997, they also extend to the Channel Islands.

(4) Section 385 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (extent of enactments applied by that Act) does not apply in relation to an armed forces amendment or repeal.

(5) Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide for an armed forces amendment or repeal to extend, with or without modifications, to—

(a) any of the Channel Islands,

(b) the Isle of Man, or

(c) any of the British overseas territories

(6) The power conferred by paragraph 19 of Schedule 1 to the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (power to extend to Isle of Man) is exercisable in relation to any amendment of that Act that is made by this Act.

(7) The power conferred by section 338 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (power to extend to Channel Islands etc) is exercisable in relation to any amendment of that Act that is made by this Act.

(8) “Armed forces amendment or repeal” means—

(a) an amendment or repeal made by Schedule 6 (amendments of the Armed Forces Act 2006), and

(b) where a provision amended or repealed by this Act is applied by or under the Armed Forces Act 2006, the amendment or repeal of the provision as so applied.

24 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014.