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Statutory Instruments
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
24th August 2004
Laid before Parliament
27th August 2004
Coming into force
21st September 2004
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 97(5) of the Courts Act 2003(1) hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Discharge of Fines by Unpaid Work (Pilot Schemes) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 21st September 2004.
2. Schedule 6 to the Courts Act 2003 (Discharge of Fines by Unpaid Work) is to have effect in relation to the petty sessions areas(2) specified in the Schedule to this Order for the period beginning on 21st September 2004 and ending on 31st March 2005.
On authority of the Lord Chancellor
Filkin
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Constitutional Affairs
24th August 2004
Peterborough
Huntingdon
Wisbeach
Sheffield
Barnsley
Halton
Warrington
Kendal (South Lakeland)
Barrow (Furness and District)
South Devon
Central Devon
East Cornwall
West Cornwall
Gloucester
Stroud
Forest of Dean
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order specifies the petty sessions areas in which the provisions of Schedule 6 (Discharge of Fines by Unpaid Work) to the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39) will be piloted. It also specifies the period of the pilot.
In accordance with paragraph 15(2) of Schedule 9 to the Courts Act 2003, section 97 has effect as if any reference to a local justice area were a reference to a petty sessions area, pending the coming into force of section 8 of that Act.