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Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022

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81Repeal of the Vagrancy Act 1824 etc

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(1)The Vagrancy Act 1824 is repealed.

(2)Subsections (3) to (7) contain amendments and repeals in consequence of subsection (1).

(3)The following are repealed—

(a)the Vagrancy Act 1935;

(b)section 2(3)(c) of the House to House Collections Act 1939 (licences);

(c)section 20 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 (power of magistrates’ court to commit on bail for sentence);

(d)in the Criminal Justice Act 1982—

(i)section 70 and the italic heading immediately before that section (vagrancy offences), and

(ii)paragraph 1 of Schedule 14 and the italic heading immediately before that paragraph (minor and consequential amendments);

(e)section 43(5) of the Mental Health Act 1983 (power of magistrates’ courts to commit for restriction order);

(f)section 26(5) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (alteration of certain penalties);

(g)in the Criminal Justice Act 2003—

(i)paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 25 and the italic heading immediately before those paragraphs (summary offences no longer punishable with imprisonment), and

(ii)paragraphs 145 and 146 of Schedule 32 and the italic heading immediately before those paragraphs (amendments relating to sentencing);

(h)paragraph 18 of Schedule 8 to the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (powers of accredited persons).

(4)In section 81 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1907 (extending definition of public place and street for certain purposes), omit the words from “shall”, in the first place it occurs, to “public place, and”.

(5)In section 48(2) of the Forestry Act 1967 (powers of entry and enforcement), omit “or against the Vagrancy Act 1824”.

(6)In the Police Reform Act 2002—

(a)in Schedule 3C (powers of community support officers and community support volunteers)—

(i)omit paragraph 3(3)(b),

(ii)omit paragraph 7(3),

(iii)in paragraph 7(4), omit “or (3)”, and

(iv)in paragraph 7(7)(a), omit “or (3)”, and

(b)in Schedule 5 (powers exercisable by accredited persons), omit paragraph 2(3)(aa).

(7)In the Sentencing Code—

(a)in section 20(1) (committal in certain cases where offender committed in respect of another offence)—

(i)at the end of paragraph (e), insert “or”, and

(ii)omit paragraph (g) (and the “or” immediately before it), and

(b)omit section 24(1)(f) (further powers to commit offender to the Crown Court to be dealt with).

(8)The amendments and repeals made by this section do not apply in relation to an offence committed before this section comes into force.

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