1999 No. 3426 (C. 94)

CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Commencement No. 6) Order 1999

Made15th December 1999

In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 121 of the Crime and Disorder Act 19981, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:

1.

This Order may be cited as the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Commencement No. 6) Order 1999.

2.

Section 40 (youth justice plans) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 shall, except to the extent that it is already in force, come into force on 1st January 2000.

3.

Subject to article 4 below, the following provisions of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 shall come into force on 1st April 2000:

(a)

sections 73 to 79 (young offenders: detention and training orders);

(b)

paragraphs 1, 6, 7, 9(1)(a) and (2), 10(b), 14, 15, 22, 31, 35, 39, 41, 50(1) to (4), 51, 52(1), 78(b), 109 to 112, 114, 135(2)(a), (9) and (10) and 144 of Schedule 8; and

(c)

the entries in Schedule 10 relating to:

(i)

sections 56(6) and 67 of the Criminal Justice Act 19672;

(ii)

sections 1 and 42 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 19733;

(iii)

section 37 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 19804;

(iv)

section 1A to 1C of the Criminal Justice Act 19825;

(v)

sections 31 and 61 of, and Schedule 12 to, the Criminal Justice Act 19916;

(vi)

section 17 of the Probation Service Act 19937;

(vii)

sections 1 to 4 of, and Schedule 10 to, the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 19948; and

(viii)

section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act 19949.

4. (1)

A court to which it falls on or after 1st April 2000 to determine for the purposes of any enactment how a previous court could or might have dealt with an offender shall if the offender is under the age of 18 make that determination as if:

(a)

the following provisions had been in force:

(i)

sections 73 to 79 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998; and

(ii)

paragraph 50(1) of Schedule 8 to that Act; and

(b)

sections 1 to 4 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 had not been in force.

(2)

Where—

(a)

before 1st April 2000 an offender has been committed for sentence by a magistrates' court to the Crown Court under section 37 of the Magistrates' Court Act 1980; but

(b)

the Crown Court has not dealt with him before that date,

the Crown Court may after inquiring into the circumstances of the case deal with him in any way in which the magistrates' court could deal with him.

(3)

The amendment of section 1A of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 by paragraph 50(1) of Schedule 8 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, and the repeal in Schedule 10 to that Act relating to section 1C of the Criminal Justice Act 1982, shall not affect the operation of those sections in relation to offenders sentenced to detention in a young offender institution before the commencement of that paragraph or that repeal.

(4)

The amendments of:

(a)

section 49 of the Children and Young Persons Act 193310;

(b)

section 49 of the Prison Act 195211;

(c)

section 52 of the Firearms Act 196812; and

(d)

section 4 of the Probation Service Act 1993

by paragraphs 1, 7, 15 and 109, respectively, of Schedule 8 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 shall not affect the operation of those sections in relation to offenders who are subject to detention or supervision under a secure training order made before the commencement of those paragraphs.

(5)

The repeals of section 67(5)(c) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 and sections 1 to 4 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 shall not affect the operation of those sections in relation to offenders who are subject to detention or supervision under a secure training order made before the commencement of those repeals.

Jack Straw

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

15th December 1999

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 1st April 2000 sections 73 to 79 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, subject to minor transitional arrangements and savings. These provisions relate to detention and training orders. The Order also brings into force on that date a number of related minor provisions.

The Order also brings section 40 of the 1998 Act (youth justice plans) fully into force on 1st January 2000.

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 have been brought into force by commencement orders before the date of this Order.

Provisions	Date of Commencement	S.I.No.
Sections 41 and 49 (both partially), 114, 116 and 117	1.8.98	1998/1883
Section 84 and Schedules 2 and 9 (both partially)	7.8.98	1998/1883
Sections 5 to 9, 10 (partially), 11 and 12, 13 (partially), 14 and 15, 17 and 18, 28 to 37, 38 to 40 (all partially only), 41 and 42, 43 (partially), 46 (partially), 47 and 48, 49 (partially), 50, 52 (partially), 53 to 64, 65 and 66 (both partially), 67 to 70, 71 (partially), 72, 82 and 83, 85 to 96, 97 (partially), 100 (partially), 101 and 102, 104 to 108, 110 to 113, 115, 118, 119 and 120 and Schedules 2, 3 (partially), 4 to 7, and 8 to 10 (all partially only)	30.9.98	1998/2327
Sections 2 and 3, 4 (partially), 16, 20, 21 and 22 (both partially), 23, 24 and 26 (partially) and Schedules 1 and 8 (partially)	1.12.98	1998/2327 (as amended) by 1998/2906
Section 103 and Schedules 8, 9 and 10 (all partially only)	1.1.99	1998/3263
Sections 51 and 52 and Schedules 3, 8 and 10 (both partially)	4.1.99	1998/2327
Sections 99 and 100 and Schedule 9 (partially)	28.1.99	1998/3263
Sections 25 to 27	1.3.99	1998/3263
Sections 1, 4, 19, 21, 22 and 71 (partially)	1.4.99	1998/3263
Sections 43 to 45, 97 and 98 and Schedules 8 and 10 (both partially)	1.6.99	1999/1279
Sections 80 and 81 and Schedule 9 (partially)	1.7.99	1998/3263
Sections 46 and 49	1.11.99	1999/2976