{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1972/section-66",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1972/section-66.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/71",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1972",
  "path": "section/66",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "66",
  "heading": "Citation, interpretation, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 1972.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) Except where the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended, and as including a reference thereto as extended or applied, by or under any other enactment, including this Act.\n(6) This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument, and different days may be so appointed for different provisions:\n. . .\n(7) In this Act—\n(a) sections 23, 24, 28, 29, 30, 33, 35, 51 and this section, ... section 64(1) and Schedule 5 so far as they relate to the Road Traffic Act 1972 and section 64(2) and Schedule 6 so far as they relate to the Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Act 1908 and the Firearms Act 1968, extend to Scotland;\n(b) section 63 and this section extend to Northern Ireland;\n(c) section 64(1) and Schedule 5 so far as they relate to the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851 extend to Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man;\nbut, save as aforesaid, this Act extends to England and Wales only.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 66(2) repealed (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 37, Sch. 23 Pt. 3 (with s. 89) (as amended by 2013 c. 22, s. 25(9)(a)); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 66(3)(4) and Schedule 1 repealed by Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 (c. 62), Sch. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 66(6) repealed (21.7.2008) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008 (c. 12), Sch. 1 Pt. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 66(7)(a) repealed (21.7.2008) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008 (c. 12), Sch. 1 Pt. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1972 c. 20."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1908 c. 65."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1968 c. 27."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "1851 c. 93."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/71/section/66",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:48:18.086217+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}