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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings fully into force on 1 January 1997 section 8 of and Schedule 1 and paragraphs in Schedule 2 to the Criminal Appeal Act 1995. (Section 8 and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 1 came into force on 12 ecember 1996 for the purposes of making recommendations and appointments under that section and paragraph 1 of that Schedule, see the Criminal Appeal Act 1995 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/3041)).

These provisions relate to the Criminal Cases Review Commission, the body established under section 8 of that Act to consider claims of miscarriages of justice.