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The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Commencement No. 8) Order 1989

S.I. 1989/1085 · Made 27 June 1989

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CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

CRIMINAL LAW, SCOTLAND

CRIMINAL LAW, NORTHERN IRELAND

Made 27th June 1989

In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 171(1) and (2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988f1, I hereby make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1988 c. 33.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule PROVISIONS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1988 COMING INTO FORCE ON 31st JULY 1989
  6. PROVISIONS OF SCHEDULE 15 COMING INTO FORCE ON 31ST JULY 1989
  7. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Commencement No. 8) Order 1989.

2

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2) below, the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 specified in the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 31st July 1989.

(2)

The amendment in Schedule 15 to that Act of section 3(1) of the Juries Act 1974f1 (electoral register as basis of jury selection) shall not have effect in relation to any register of electors or any part of any such register required to be used for elections in the twelve months ending on 15th February 1990.

3

Section 119 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (persons aged between 65 and 70 to be eligible as jurors) shall come into force on 15th February 1990.

Signature

Douglas Hurd

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

27th June 1989

PROVISIONS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1988 COMING INTO FORCE ON 31st JULY 1989

Provisions of the ActSubject matter of provisions
Section 43.Power of Court of Appeal to order retrial.
Section 146 and Schedule 13.Evidence before courts-martial etc.
Section 159.Crown Court proceedings – orders restricting or preventing reports or restricting public access.
Section 170(1), to the extent necessary to bring into force the provisions of Schedule 15 specified in the Appendix hereto.Minor and consequential amendments.
Section 170(2) and Schedule 16, to the extent necessary to bring into force the repeal in section 7(1) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968f1 of the words “and do so only by reason of evidence received or available to be received by them under section 23 of this Act”.Repeals.

PROVISIONS OF SCHEDULE 15 COMING INTO FORCE ON 31ST JULY 1989

So much of Schedule 15 as relates to the following enactments:

  • Sections 18A and 31(2B) of, and Schedule 2 to, the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c. 19).

  • Section 3(1) of the Juries Act 1974 (c. 23).

  • Section 16A and 45(3A) of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 (c. 47).

  • Section 47(5) of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54).

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 31st July 1989 the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 which extend the power of the Court of Appeal to order a retrial and make provision for documentary and other evidence before courts-martial, appeals against orders restricting or preventing reports of or restricting public access to Crown Court proceedings, and for the giving of notice of appeal against orders relating to contempt of court, and associated amendments and repeals. It brings into force on 15th February 1990 (the date on which the next electoral register, from which jurors are summoned, will be published) the provision in the Criminal Justice Act 1988 raising from 65 to 70 the maximum age at which a person is qualified for jury service. An associated amendment to section 3(1) of the Juries Act 1974 (c. 23) provides for the necessary information to be included on the electoral register as from that date.