Explanatory note

This Order (which does not affect Scotland) brings into force on 24th May 1983 those provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 specified in the Schedule to this Order. On 24th May all provisions of the Act of 1982 affecting places outside Scotland will have been brought into force by this Order and the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1982 (S.I. 1982/1857) with the exception of the repeal in Schedule 16 of paragraphs (c) and (d) of section 38(5) of the Criminal Justice Act 1961 (which relate principally to sentences in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man). Certain provisions of the Act of 1982 were brought into force as respects Scotland by the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (Scotland) (Commencement No. 1) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/24).