Article 2 Commencement

(1)

—Subject to article 3, the following provisions of the 2003 Act shall come into force on 1st January 2007—

(a)

sections 14 (offences committed while on bail) and 15(1) and (2) (failure to surrender by persons released on bail) for the purposes only of any offence—

(i)

to which paragraph 2A(2)(b)^f1, 6(2)(b)^f2, 9AA(1)(b)^f3, or 9AB(1)(b)^f4 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the 1976 Act applies, and

(ii)

in relation to which the defendant is liable on conviction to a sentence of imprisonment for life, detention during Her Majesty’s pleasure or custody for life; and

(b)

paragraph 3 of Schedule 36 (minor and consequential amendments to the 1976 Act).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Substituted by section 14(1) of the 2003 Act.
f2: Substituted by section 15(1) of the 2003 Act.
f3: Inserted by section 14(2) of the 2003 Act.
f4: Inserted by section 15(2) of the 2003 Act.