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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 1st January 2011 the provisions in sections 29 and 30 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (“the 2003 Act”) so as to allow—

  • a police force, or a person authorised by a police force to institute criminal proceedings, to institute criminal proceedings by issuing a written charge and requisition in a magistrates’ court sitting in Gloucestershire and Essex.

  • the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (an executive agency of the Department of Transport) to institute criminal proceedings by issuing a written charge and requisition.

The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement Order No. 16) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1999). the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement Order No. 21) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1424) and Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement Order No. 23) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2879) commenced the same provisions in the 2003 Act in relation to other specified proceedings.