Explanatory note

This Order brings into force sections 1 to 3, 5 to 7 and 28 to 57 of, and specified provisions of Schedules 1 to 6 to, the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 to the extent and for the purposes set out in this Order. All the provisions commenced by this Order come into force on 1st October 1997, with the exception of sections 35, 37, 39, 40, 43 and 50 and paragraph 10(2) of Schedule 4, which come into force on 1st January 1998. or, in the case of section 50, 1st March 1998 Transitional provisions and savings are set out in article 5 of the Order.

Provisions in the 1997 Act for a minimum custodial sentence of three years for a third domestic burglary (section 4) and on the effect of determinate custodial sentences (Chapter I of Part II) are not brought into force by this Order.