Section 102 Short title, commencement and extent.I1

This Act may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 1991.

This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint, and different days may be appointed for different provisions or for different purposes.

Without prejudice to the provisions of Schedule 12 to this Act, an order under subsection (2) above may make such transitional provisions and savings as appear to the Secretary of State necessary or expedient in connection with any provision brought into force by the order.

Subject to subsections (5) to (8) below, this Act extends to England and Wales only.

The following provisions of this Act, namely—

also extend to Scotland; and section 23(2) above and, in so far as relating to the M2Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975, Schedule 13 to this Act extend to Scotland only.

This section, section 16 above, Schedule 3 to this Act, F2. . . and, so far as relating to the M3Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968, Schedule 13 to this Act also extend to Northern Ireland.

An Order in Council under section 81(11) of the 1982 Act may direct that both or either of—

shall extend, subject to such modifications as may be specified in the Order, to the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands.

Sections 80, 82 and 83 above, so far as relating to the delivery of prisoners to or from premises situated in a part of the British Islands outside England and Wales, extend to that part of those Islands.

Nothing in subsection (4) above affects the extent of this Act in so far as it amends or repeals any provision of the M4Army Act 1955, the M5Air Force Act 1955, the M6Naval Discipline Act 1957 or the M7Armed Forces Act 1991.