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The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2000

S.I. 2000/924 · Made 28 March 2000

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CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 28th March 2000

In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 121 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998f1, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1998 c. 37.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. 4Article 4
  5. 5Article 5
  6. 6Article 6
  7. Signature
  8. Schedule: AREAS IN WHICH THE PROVISIONS OF THE 1998 ACT SET OUT IN ARTICLE 3 SHALL COME INTO FORCE ON 1ST APRIL 2000
  9. 1Paragraph 1
  10. 2Paragraph 2
  11. 3Paragraph 3
  12. 4Paragraph 4
  13. Explanatory note

1

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2000.

(2)

This Order extends to England and Wales only.

(3)

In this Order, “the 1998 Act” means the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

2

To the extent that they are not already in force, the following provisions of the 1998 Act shall come into force on 1st April 2000—

(a)

section 38 (local provision of youth justice services);

(b)

section 39 (youth offending teams);

(c)

paragraphs 17, 19, 23, 26, 27, 32, 33, 34(3), 73, 76, 77(a), 94, 95, 96(6) and 131(1) and (2) of Schedule 8; and

(d)

the entries in Schedule 10 relating to the words “by a probation officer” in section 2(1) of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973f1 and to section 31(2) of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997f2.

3

Sections 65 and 66 of, and paragraphs 25 and 61 of Schedule 8 and paragraph 5 of Schedule 9 to, the 1998 Act (reprimands and warnings) shall come into force on 1st April 2000 in the areas specified in the Schedule to this Orderf1.

4

To the extent that they are not already then in force, sections 65 and 66 of, and paragraphs 25 and 61 of Schedule 8 and paragraph 5 of Schedule 9 to, the 1998 Act (reprimands and warnings) shall come into force on 1st June 2000.

5

Sections 10(6) and (7) (appeals against parenting orders), 13(3) (appeals against child safety orders) and 71(1) to (3) of the 1998 Act (supervision orders) shall come into force on 1st June 2000.

6

Article 9 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1998f1 is hereby revoked on 1st April 2000.

Signature

Jack Straw

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

28th March 2000

1

The counties of Oxfordshire and Norfolk.

2

The cities of Cardiff and Sunderland.

3

The London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Southwark.

4

The Metropolitan borough of Gateshead.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force the remaining youth justice provisions of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

Provisions on reprimands and warnings (sections 65 and 66 of, and paragraphs 25 and 61 of Schedule 8 and paragraph 5 of Schedule 9), which have already been commenced for certain areas, are further commenced on 1st April 2000 for the areas specified in the Schedule to the Order and are commenced nationally on 1st June 2000.

Provisions on appeals against parenting orders (section 10(6) and (7)), appeals against child safety orders (section 13(3), and supervision orders (section 71(1) to (3)) are commenced on 1st June 2000.

All other provisions included in this Order come into force on 1st April 2000.

This Order also revokes from 1st April 2000 article 9 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1998 which made transitional provision exempting local authorities for certain areas from providing bail support under section 38(4)(c) of the 1998 Act.