Explanatory note

Article 2(1) of this Order brings into force on 14th October 1991 (the commencement date for the relevant provisions of the Children Act 1989 (c. 41)) section 60(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (together with paragraph 23 of Schedule 12) relating to remands and committals of children and young persons to local authority accommodation and various connected provisions.

Article 2(2) brings into force, as from 25th October 1991 (the commencement date of the Badgers Act 1991 (c. 36)) section 26(3), which substitutes increased penalties for offences under the Badgers Act 1973; by virtue of article 2(3), the existing penalty for an offence under section 9(3), for which no provision would otherwise exist after the coming into force of section 26(3) of the Act of 1991, is kept in being.

By virtue of article 2(4) the provisions of the Act of 1991 listed in Schedule 3 to the Order, which relate to the alteration of certain penalties, arrangements for the provision of prisoner escorts, the contracting out of certain prisons, cash limiting for magistrates' courts and the probation services, and the provision by the Secretary of State of information for financial and other purposes come into force on 31st October 1991.