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Statutory Instruments

1989 No. 264 (C.8)

CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

CRIMINAL LAW, SCOTLAND

CRIMINAL LAW, NORTHERN IRELAND

The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Commencement No. 7) Order 1989

Made

28th February 1989

In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 171(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988(1), I hereby make the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Commencement No. 7) Order 1989.

2.  The provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 specified in the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 3rd April 1989 but the provisions specified in Part I of that Schedule shall not apply in the case of a trial, or proceedings before a magistrates' court acting as examining justices, which began before that date.

Douglas Hurd

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

28th February 1989

SCHEDULEPROVISIONS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1988COMING INTO FORCE ON 3RD APRIL 1989

PART I

Provisions of the ActSubject matter of provisions
Part II and Schedule 2.Documentary evidence in criminal proceedings.
Section 30.Expert reports.
Section 31.Form of evidence and glossaries.
So much of Schedule 16 as is specified in Part I of Appendix B hereto.Repeals.

PART II

Provisions of the ActSubject matter of provisions
Part VI (so far as not already in force) and Schedule 4.Confiscation of the proceeds of an offence.
Section 151(5).Meaning of “drug trafficking offence”.
Schedule 5 (so far as not already in force).Drug trafficking amendments.
So much of Schedule 15 as is specified in Appendix A hereto.Minor and consequential amendments.
So much of Schedule 16 as is specified in Part II of Appendix B hereto.Repeals.

APPENDIX APROVISIONS OF SCHEDULE 15 COMING INTO FORCE ON 3RD APRIL 1989

So much of Schedule 15 as relates to the following enactments:
Bankruptcy Act 1914 (c. 59).
Land Registration Act 1925 (c. 21), section 49(1)(g).
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (c. 53).
Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 (c. 47), sections 10, 17, 18 and 45(2)(d).
Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 66).
Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45).

APPENDIX BREPEALS TAKING EFFECT FROM 3RD APRIL 1989

PART I

ChapterShort titleExtent of repeal
1984 c. 60.Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.Section 68. In Schedule 3, paragraphs 1 to 7 and paragraph 13.

PART II

ChapterShort titleExtent of repeal
1970 c. 31.Administration of Justice Act 1970.Section 41(8).
1985 c. 65.Insolvency Act 1985.In Schedule 8, paragraph 24.
1986 c. 32.Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986.In sections 19 and 25, the words specified.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 3rd April 1989 the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 providing for the admission of documentary evidence and expert reports and for the making of Crown Court Rules as to the form in which evidence is to be furnished (including glossaries). There are also brought into force on that date the remainder of Part VI of the 1988 Act providing for the confiscation of the proceeds of offences and associated amendments and repeals, and certain amendments to the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 (c. 47).

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Act are brought into force by Commencement Order made before the date of this Order:

ProvisionsDate of CommencementS.I. No.
Section 123, Schedule 8, sections 125 to 128, Schedule 10, section 170(1) (partially), section 170(2) (partially), Schedule 15 (partially) and Schedule 16 (partially)1.10.19881988/1408
Sections 33, 34, 37 to 39, 40 to 42, 49, 51 to 57, 59, 63, 70, 96, 97, 104 to 107, 121, 122, 131 to 133, 145, 147, 148, 155 to 157, 163 to 165, 170(1) (partially), 170(2) (partially), Schedule 11, Schedule 12, Schedule 15 (partially) and Schedule 16 (partially)12.10.19881988/1676
Section 124 and Schedule 9, section 170(2) (partially), and Schedule 16 (partially)1.11.19881988/1817 (S.169)
Sections 32 (partially), 50, 60 to 62, 118, 120, 130, 152 to 154, 170(1) (partially), 170(2) (partially), Schedule 15 (partially), Schedule 16 (partially)5.1.19891988/2073
Sections 35 and 36, section 170(1) (partially), Schedule 3, Schedule 15 (partially)1.2.19891989/1
Section 103, Schedule 5 (partially), section 170(2) (partially), Schedule 16 (partially)23.1.19891989/50