Regulation 2 Appointed day

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), 24th April 2017 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act—

(a)

section 1 (domestic abuse aggravation);

(b)

section 5 (non-harassment orders in criminal cases);

(c)

section 6 (jury directions relating to sexual offences);

(d)

section 7 (incitement to commit certain sexual acts elsewhere in the United Kingdom);

(e)

section 8 (commission of certain sexual offences elsewhere in the United Kingdom);

(f)

section 9 (commission of certain sexual offences outside the United Kingdom);

(g)

section 41 (interpretation);

(h)

section 43 (minor and consequential modifications); and

(i)

paragraph 6 of schedule 2 (minor modification of section 54(8) of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009^f1).

(2)

Section 43 of the Act comes into force only for the purpose of commencing paragraph 6 of schedule 2.

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