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Criminal Law, England And Wales

Made 12th March 2013

Laid before Parliament 18th March 2013

Coming into force 8th April 2013

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 66G(5) and (7) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998^f1 (“the Act”).

The Secretary of State has prepared a code of practice in relation to youth conditional cautions (“the code of practice”) under section 66G(1) of the Act.

In accordance with section 66G(3) of the Act, he has (with the consent of the Attorney General) published a draft of the code of practice, considered representations made to him about the draft, and (with the consent of the Attorney General) amended the draft accordingly.

In accordance with section 66G(4) of the Act, he has laid the code of practice before each House of Parliament.

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f1: 1998 c. 37; section 66G was inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 9 to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4).