The Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (Commencement No. 25) Order 2022

Statutory Instruments

2022 No. 623 (C. 32)

Criminal Procedure, England And Wales

The Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (Commencement No. 25) Order 2022

Made

8th June 2022

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 64(4) and 68(3) of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999(1), makes the following Order:

Citation, interpretation and extent

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (Commencement No. 25) Order 2022.

(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.

(3) This Order extends to England and Wales.

Provision coming into force on 8th June 2022

2.—(1) Section 28 of the Act(2) (video recorded cross-examination or re-examination) comes into force on 8th June 2022 in relation to relevant proceedings.

(2) Proceedings are relevant for the purposes of paragraph (1) if paragraph (3) applies.

(3) This paragraph applies if—

(a) the proceedings take place before the Crown Court sitting at—

(i) Stafford Combined Court Centre;

(ii) Stoke-on-Trent Combined Court;

(iii) Shrewsbury;

(iv) Hereford;

(v) Worcester Combined Court;

(vi) Warwick Combined Court;

(vii) Nottingham;

(viii) Lincoln;

(ix) Leicester;

(x) Northampton Crown, County and Family Court; or

(xi) Taunton Crown, County and Family Court; and

(b) the witness is eligible for assistance by virtue of section 17(4) of the Act(3) (complainants in respect of a sexual offence or a modern day slavery offence who are witnesses in proceedings relating to that offence, or that offence and any other offences).

James Cartlidge

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

8th June 2022

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (c. 23) (“the Act”) provides that where a video recorded interview of a witness has been admitted as their evidence-in-chief under section 27 of the Act, the court may also direct that any cross-examination and re-examination of the witness be video recorded and that recording admitted as evidence.

Article 2 of this Order makes provision for the coming into force of section 28 of the Act on 8th June 2022 for the purposes of proceedings before the Crown Court sitting at Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent, Shrewsbury, Hereford, Worcester, Warwick, Nottingham, Lincoln, Leicester, Northampton and Taunton, where a witness is eligible for assistance by virtue of section 17(4) of the Act (complainants in respect of a sexual offence or modern slavery offence who are witnesses in proceedings relating to that offence, or that offence and any other offences).

S.I. brought section 28 into force in relation to proceedings before the Crown Court sitting at Kingston-upon-Thames, Leeds, and Liverpool, where the witness is eligible for special measures under section 17(4) of the Act.

S.I. 2021/1036 brought section 28 into force in relation to proceedings before the Crown Court sitting at Durham, Harrow, Isleworth, and Wood Green, where the witness is eligible for special measures under section 17(4) of the Act.

S.I. 2022/456 brought section 28 into force in relation to proceedings before the Crown Court sitting at Great Grimsby Combined Court, Bradford, Teeside, Kingston-upon-Hull Combined Court Centre, and York, where the witness is eligible for special measures under section 17(4) of the Act.

S.I. 2022/536 brought section 28 into force in relation to proceedings before the Crown Court sitting at Sheffield, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Doncaster, Portsmouth, Southampton, Winchester, Truro, Bristol, Plymouth, Isle of Wight, Gloucester, Bournemouth, Exeter, and Salisbury, where the witness is eligible for special measures under section 17(4) of the Act.

This Order expands the availability of section 28 directions to proceedings before the Crown Court in 11 further locations, where the witness is eligible for assistance by virtue of section 17(4) of the Act.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no significant impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 have been brought into force in England and Wales by commencement order made before the date of this Order:

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I. No.
Sections 1 to 15 (remainder)	26.06.2000	2000/1587
Sections 16 to 27	24.07.2002	2002/1739
Section 28 (partially)	30.12.2013 02.01.2017 03.06.2019 24.02.2020 24.08.2020 26.10.2020 23.11.2020 04.03.2021 30.09.2021 31.03.2022 12.05.2022	2013/3236 2016/1201 2019/947 2020/155 2020/888 2020/1159 2020/1331 2021/244 2021/1036 2022/456 2022/536
Section 29	23.02.2004	2004/299
Schedule 1	26.06.2000	2000/1587
Sections 30 to 33	24.07.2002	2002/1739
Sections 34 and 35	04.09.2000	2000/2091
Sections 36 and 37	24.07.2002	2002/1739
Sections 38 and 39	04.09.2000	2000/2091
Section 40 (remainder)	04.09.2000	2000/2091
Sections 41 to 43	04.12.2000	2000/3075
Section 45 (partially)	13.04.2015	2015/818
Section 46	07.10.2004	2004/2428
Section 47	24.07.2002	2002/1739
Section 48 (partially)	07.10.2004 13.04.2015	2004/2428 2015/818
Section 49 (partially)	07.10.2004 13.04.2015	2004/2428 2015/818
Sections 50 to 52 (partially)	07.10.2004 13.04.2015	2004/2428 2015/818
Sections 53 to 57	24.07.2002	2002/1739
Section 58 (remainder)	01.04.2003	2003/707
Sections 59 and 60	14.04.2000	2000/1034
Section 61(2) (remainder)	06.12.2006	2006/2885
Schedule 4 (partially)	14.04.2000 26.06.2000 24.07.2002	2000/1034 2000/1587 2002/1739
Section 67(1) (partially)	14.04.2000 26.06.2000 24.07.2002	2000/1034 2000/1587 2002/1739
Schedule 5	01.01.2000	1999/3427
Section 67(2)	01.01.2000	1999/3427
Section 67(3) (partially)	01.04.2000 14.04.2000 24.07.2002 07.10.2004 06.12.2006	1999/3427 2000/1034 2002/1739 2004/2428 2006/2885
Section 67(4) (partially)	04.12.2000 24.07.2002 01.04.2003 07.10.2004	2000/3075 2002/1739 2003/707 2004/2428
Schedule 2 (partially)	07.10.2004 13.04.2015	2004/2428 2015/818
Schedule 6 (partially)	01.04.2000 14.04.2000 04.12.2000 04.09.2000 24.07.2002 07.10.2004 06.12.2006	1999/3427 2000/1034 2000/3075 2000/2091 2002/1739 2004/2428 2006/2885
Schedule 7 (partially)	26.06.2000 04.09.2000 04.12.2000 24.07.2002 01.04.2003 07.10.2004 13.04.2015	2000/1587 2000/2091 2000/3075 2002/1739 2003/707 2004/2428 2015/818

(1)

1999 c. 23; section 64(4) was amended by paragraph 1 of Part 1 of schedule 12 to the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6).

(2)

Amended by paragraph 384(c) of Schedule 8 to the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39).

(3)

Amended by section 46(2) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (c. 30).