2012 No. 2373 (C. 91)
Criminal Procedure, England And Wales
The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 15) Order 2012
Made 13th September 2012

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 49(3) and 53(1) of the Police and Justice Act 2006:
2006 c. 48.

1 Citation
This Order may be cited as the Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 15) Order 2012.

2 Appointed day
The following provisions of the Police and Justice Act 2006 shall come into force on 8th October 2012, so far as they are not already in force—
(a) section 45 (attendance by accused at certain preliminary or sentencing hearings); and
(b) section 46 (live link bail).
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State
Helen Grant Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Ministry of Justice 13th September 2012

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 8th October 2012 the provisions of the Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48) (“the 2006 Act”) specified in Article 2 in so far as they are not already in force.
Section 45 of the 2006 Act inserts section 57C of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37). Section 57C of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 enables the use of a live video link at a preliminary hearing in a magistrates’ court where the accused is in police detention at a police station.
Section 46 of the 2006 Act amends the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) to enable the police to grant bail subject to a duty to attend at a police station for proceedings in relation to a live link direction.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48) have been brought into force by commencement order made before the date of this Order:
Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I.No.
Section 1	01.04.2007	2007/709
Section 2 (in part)	05.01.2007 01.04.2007 29.06.2007 14.03.2008 01.04.2008 15.03.2010	2006/3364 2007/709 2007/1614 2008/311 2008/790 2010/414
Section 3	29.06.2007	2007/1614
Section 4	31.03.2007	2007/709
Section 5	31.12.2007	2007/3203
Section 6	01.04.2007	2007/709
Section 7 (in part)	01.04.2007 01.12.2007	2007/709 2007/3203
Section 8	01.04.2007	2007/709
Section 9 (in part)	01.04.2007 01.12.2007	2007/709 2007/3203
Section 10	01.04.2007	2007/709
Section 11	15.01.2007	2006/3364
Section 12	01.04.2007	2007/709
Section 13 (in relation to England and Wales) (in relation to Northern Ireland)	29.06.2007 30.07.2007	2007/1614 2007/2052
Sections 15 and 16	01.04.2007	2007/709
Section 17 (in part)	07.07.2009 16.11.2009	2009/1679 2009/2774
Section 18	29.06.2007	2007/1614
Sections 19 to 20 (in part) (in relation to England) (in relation to Wales)	30.04.2009 01.10.2009	2009/936 2009/2540
Section 21 (in relation to England)	30.04.2009	2009/936
Section 22 (in part) (in relation to Wales) (in relation to Wales) (in relation to England)	19.11.2007 19.11.2007 01.08.2007	2007/3073 2007/3251 2007/1614
Sections 23 to 25	29.06.2007	2007/1614
Sections 26 and 27 (in relation to England)	06.04.2007	2007/709
Sections 28 to 33	01.04.2007	2007/709
Sections 35 to 38 (in relation to England and Wales and Northern Ireland)	01.10.2008	2008/2503
Section 39	01.10.2008	2008/790
Section 40 (in relation to Northern Ireland)	01.10.2008	2008/790
Section 41 (in part) (in relation to England and Wales) (in relation to Northern Ireland)	29.06.2007 10.10.2007	2007/1614 2007/2754
Section 42 (in part)	15.01.2007	2006/3364
Section 44	15.01.2007	2006/3364
Section 45 (in part)	15.01.2007 01.04.2007 24.10.2008 3.10.2011	2006/3364 2007/709 2008/2785 2011/2144
Section 46 (in part)	01.04.2007 24.10.2008 3.10.2011	2007/709 2008/2785 2011/2144
Sections 47 and 48	15.01.2007	2006/3364
Section 52 (in part) (in relation to England) (in relation to England and Wales) (in relation to England) (in relation to Wales) (in relation to England and Wales and Northern Ireland) (in relation to England and Wales and Northern Ireland) (in relation to Northern Ireland)	15.01.2007 01.04.2007 06.04.2007 29.06.2007 01.08.2007 19.11.2007 01.12.2007 14.03.2008 01.04.2008 01.10.2008 01.10.2008 14.11.2008	2006/3364 2007/709 2007/709 2007/1614 2007/1614 2007/3073 2007/3203 2008/311 2008/790 2008/2503 2008/2503 2008/2785
Schedule 1 (in part)	01.04.2007	2007/709
Schedule 2 (in part) (in relation to England and Wales) (in relation to England and Wales)	15.01.2007 01.04.2007 29.06.2007 14.03.2008 01.04.2008 15.03.2010	2006/3364 2007/709 2007/1614 2008/311 2008/790 2010/414
Schedule 3	31.12.2007	2007/3203
Schedule 4	01.04.2007	2007/709
Schedule 5 (in part)	01.04.2007 01.12.2007	2007/709 2007/3203
Schedules 6 and 7	01.04.2007	2007/709
Schedule 8 (in relation to England)	30.04.2009	2009/936
Schedule 9 (in part) (in relation to Wales) (in relation to Wales) (in relation to England)	19.11.2007 19.11.2007 01.08.2007	2007/3251 2007/3073 2007/1614
Schedule 10	06.04.2007	2007/709
Schedule 11 (in relation to England and Wales)	01.04.2008	2008/790
Schedule 12 (in relation to Northern Ireland)	01.04.2008	2008/790
Schedule 13 (in part)	15.01.2007	2006/3364
Schedule 14 (in part) (in relation to England) (in relation to England and Wales) (in relation to England and Wales and Northern Ireland)	15.01.2007 01.04.2007 06.04.2007 29.06.2007 01.10.2008 14.11.2008	2006/3364 2007/709 2007/709 2007/1614 2008/2503 2008/2785
Schedule 15 (in part) (in relation to England) (in relation to England and Wales) (in relation to England) (in relation to Wales) (in relation to England and Wales and Northern Ireland) (in relation to England and Wales and Northern Ireland)	15.01.2007 01.04.2007 06.04.2007 29.06.2007 01.08.2007 19.11.2007 01.12.2007 14.03.2008 01.04.2008 01.10.2008	2006/3364 2007/709 2007/709 2007/1614 2007/1614 2007/3073 2007/3203 2008/311 2008/790 2008/2503