Provisions coming into force on 13th April 20152.

The following provisions of the 1999 Act come into force in England and Wales on 13th April 2015—

(a)

section 45 (power to restrict reporting of criminal proceedings involving persons under 18), insofar as it applies to England and Wales;

(b)

section 48(a) (amendments relating to other reporting restrictions);

(c)

section 492 (offences under Chapter IV), in so far as it has effect for the purposes of sections 45 and 45A3 of the 1999 Act;

(d)

section 504 (defences), in so far as it has effect for the purposes of sections 45 and 45A of the 1999 Act;

(e)

section 51 (offences committed by bodies corporate), in so far as it as effect for the purposes of sections 45 and 45A of the 1999 Act;

(f)

section 52 (decisions as to the public interest) in so far as it has effect for the purposes of sections 45 and 45A of the 1999 Act;

(g)

in Schedule 25 (reporting restrictions: miscellaneous amendments)—

(i)

paragraph 1; and

(ii)

paragraph 3, except for paragraph 3(9)6; and

(h)

in Schedule 7 (transitional provisions and savings), paragraphs 1 and 67, in so far as they have effect for the purposes of section 45 of the 1999 Act.