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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988-commencement-no-2-order-1988/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1676",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988-commencement-no-2-order-1988",
  "path": "note",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force on 12th October 1988 sections 33, 34, 37—39, 40—42, 49, 51—57, 59, 63, 70, 96, 97, 104—107, 121, 122, 131—133, 145, 147, 148, 155—157, 163—165 and 170 of, and Schedule 11, so far as it is not already in force, and Schedule 12 to, the Criminal Justice Act 1988, and associated amendments and repeals. These provisions amend the law on miscellaneous aspects of evidence and procedure in criminal cases, and on the level and enforcement of fines and other pecuniary orders, and introduce a statutory right to apply for compensation for miscarriages of justice.\nArticle 3 makes transitional provision in relation to sections 33 and 34 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988, which make provision about the evidence of children in criminal proceedings, and in relation to sections 37 and 39, which provide that the offences of taking a motor vehicle or other conveyance without authority, driving while disqualified, common assault and battery shall be summary offences.\nArticle 4 corrects a mistake in Appendix A to the Schedule to the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1988 by deleting the reference to the amendment of section 133 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980. This amendment was brought into force on the date of Royal Assent, namely 29th July 1988, by virtue of section 171(5) of that Act.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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