# The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 22) Order 2009

S.I. 2009/2775 · made 15 October 2009

Conditional cautions are cautions to which specified conditions are attached, and are provided for in Part 3 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 Act (c. 44). A conditional caution may be given for reasons including that a prosecutor considers there is sufficient evidence to prosecute the offender and the offender admits the offence and agrees to a conditional caution being imposed.

Made under: Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Section 336)

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## Introductory text

Criminal Law, England And Wales
Made 15th October 2009
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 336(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003:

## 1 Citation

This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 22) Order 2009.

## 2 Provisions commenced

Section 27 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 Act comes into force on 16th November 2009 to the extent not already in force.

## Signature

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State
Claire Ward
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
15th October 2009

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
Conditional cautions are cautions to which specified conditions are attached, and are provided for in Part 3 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 Act (c. 44). A conditional caution may be given for reasons including that a prosecutor considers there is sufficient evidence to prosecute the offender and the offender admits the offence and agrees to a conditional caution being imposed.
This Order brings into force on 16 November 2009 the remaining provisions of section 27 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 defining “relevant prosecutor” for the purposes of Part 3. The effect of this is to add further persons to the class of “relevant prosecutor”.

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