Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (Application to Standing Civilian Courts) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 6th December 2006.
(2) In this Order—
“the Act” means the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999;
“continuing proceedings” means proceedings instituted before the date on which this Order comes into force;
“existing special measures power” means any existing power of the magistrate to make an order or give leave for the taking of measures in relation to a witness which are similar to those which could be provided for by a special measures direction;
“magistrate” means a person appointed under section 6(4) of the Armed Forces Act 1976(1) to sit as magistrate in trials before a Standing Civilian Court;
“special measures direction” means a direction under section 19 of the Act.
(3) For the purposes of this Order, proceedings before a Standing Civilian Court are to be taken to be instituted when the prosecuting authority referred to in article 6(1) of the Standing Civilian Courts Order 1997(2) prefers a charge under that article.