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The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 32) Order 2014

S.I. 2014/633 · Made 13 March 2014

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Criminal Law, England And Wales

Made 13th March 2014

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 336(3) and (4) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2003 c.44.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Provisions coming into force on 1st April 2014
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 32) Order 2014.

(2)

In this Order “the 2003 Act” means the Criminal Justice Act 2003.

2Provisions coming into force on 1st April 2014

Section 29(1) to (3), (5) and (6) (new method of instituting proceedings) and section 30 (further provision about the new method) of the 2003 Act come into force on 1st April 2014 but only for the purposes of criminal proceedings instituted by a public prosecutor within the meaning of section 29(5)(e) of the 2003 Act (a Secretary of State or a person authorised by one) who is a person authorised to do so on behalf of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Stephen Hammond

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

13th March 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 1st April 2014 the provisions in sections 29 and 30 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (“the 2003 Act”) so as to allow the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), a new 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 (SI 2007/1999), the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement Order No 21) Order 2008 (SI 2008/1424), the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement Order No 23) Order 2009 (SI 2009/2879) and the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement Order No 25) Order 2010 (SI 2010/3005) commenced the same provisions in the 2003 Act in relation to other specified proceedings.

In particular, SI 2010/3005 commenced the provisions in sections 29 and 30 of the 2003 Act in relation to the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (“VOSA”). VOSA has now been merged with the Driving Standards Agency to form the DVSA.

A regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared for this Order as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.