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The Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1999

S.I. 1999/3096 · Made 17 November 1999

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CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 17th November 1999

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 57(2) of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997f1, hereby makes the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1

1997 c. 43.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1999.

2

Section 4 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 and, to the extent that each of them is not already in force, the following provisions of that Act shall come into force on 1st December 1999—

(a)

section 3;

(b)

sections 5 and 6;

(c)

section 39;

(d)

section 55; and

(e)

paragraphs 8, 12(2), 13, 15 and 17 of Schedule 4.

Signature

Jack Straw

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

17th November 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force section 4 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (minimum of three years for third domestic burglary) on 1st December 1999. It also brings fully into force a number of related provisions in the 1997 Act.