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The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Commencement No. 7) Order 1989

S.I. 1989/264 · Made 28 February 1989

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CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

CRIMINAL LAW, SCOTLAND

CRIMINAL LAW, NORTHERN IRELAND

Made 28th February 1989

In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 171(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988f1, I hereby make the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1

1988 c. 33.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule: PROVISIONS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1988
  5. IPart I
  6. IIPart II
  7. APROVISIONS OF SCHEDULE 15 COMING INTO FORCE ON 3RD APRIL 1989
  8. BREPEALS TAKING EFFECT FROM 3RD APRIL 1989
  9. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Commencement No. 7) Order 1989.

2

The provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 specified in the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 3rd April 1989 but the provisions specified in Part I of that Schedule shall not apply in the case of a trial, or proceedings before a magistrates' court acting as examining justices, which began before that date.

Signature

Douglas Hurd

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

28th February 1989

I

Provisions of the ActSubject matter of provisions
Part II and Schedule 2.Documentary evidence in criminal proceedings.
Section 30.Expert reports.
Section 31.Form of evidence and glossaries.
So much of Schedule 16 as is specified in Part I of Appendix B hereto.Repeals.

II

Provisions of the ActSubject matter of provisions
Part VI (so far as not already in force) and Schedule 4.Confiscation of the proceeds of an offence.
Section 151(5).Meaning of “drug trafficking offence”.
Schedule 5 (so far as not already in force).Drug trafficking amendments.
So much of Schedule 15 as is specified in Appendix A hereto.Minor and consequential amendments.
So much of Schedule 16 as is specified in Part II of Appendix B hereto.Repeals.

APROVISIONS OF SCHEDULE 15 COMING INTO FORCE ON 3RD APRIL 1989

So much of Schedule 15 as relates to the following enactments:
Bankruptcy Act 1914 (c. 59).
Land Registration Act 1925 (c. 21), section 49(1)(g).
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (c. 53).
Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 (c. 47), sections 10, 17, 18 and 45(2)(d).
Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 66).
Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45).

BREPEALS TAKING EFFECT FROM 3RD APRIL 1989

PART I

ChapterShort titleExtent of repeal
1984 c. 60.Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.Section 68. In Schedule 3, paragraphs 1 to 7 and paragraph 13.

PART II

ChapterShort titleExtent of repeal
1970 c. 31.Administration of Justice Act 1970.Section 41(8).
1985 c. 65.Insolvency Act 1985.In Schedule 8, paragraph 24.
1986 c. 32.Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986.In sections 19 and 25, the words specified.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 3rd April 1989 the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 providing for the admission of documentary evidence and expert reports and for the making of Crown Court Rules as to the form in which evidence is to be furnished (including glossaries). There are also brought into force on that date the remainder of Part VI of the 1988 Act providing for the confiscation of the proceeds of offences and associated amendments and repeals, and certain amendments to the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 (c. 47).