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The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No.16) Order 2007

S.I. 2007/1999 · Made 7 July 2007

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criminal law, england and wales

Made 7th July 2007

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 330(3) and 336(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003f1:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2003 c. 44.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Commencement
  3. 3Commencement
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No.16) Order 2007.

(2)

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

2Commencement

Subject to article 3, 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 shall come into force on 25th July 2007.

3Commencement

The coming into force of the provisions specified in article 2 shall have effect only for the purposes of—

(a)

criminal proceedings instituted by a public prosecutor within the meaning of section 29(5)(a) of the 2003 Act (a police force, or a person authorised by a police force to institute criminal proceedings), in a magistrates’ court sitting in one of the following locations:

(i)

Barking Magistrates’ Court;

(ii)

Bexley Magistrates’ Court;

(iii)

Brentford Magistrates’ Court;

(iv)

Bromley Magistrates’ Court;

(v)

Coalville Magistrates’ Court;

(vi)

Croydon Magistrates’ Court;

(vii)

Harrow Magistrates’ Court;

(viii)

Hendon Magistrates’ Court;

(ix)

Knowsley Magistrates’ Court;

(x)

Loughborough Magistrates’ Court;

(xi)

Melton Magistrates’ Court;

(xii)

Oakham Magistrates’ Court;

(xiii)

Redbridge Magistrates’ Court;

(xiv)

Richmond Magistrates’ Court;

(xv)

St Helens Magistrates’ Court;

(xvi)

Waltham Forest Magistrates’ Court;

(xvii)

City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court; and

(xviii)

Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court; and

(b)

criminal proceedings instituted by a public prosecutor within the meaning of section 29(5)(e) of the 2003 Act (a person authorised by a Secretary of State to institute criminal proceedings), who is authorised for the purposes of section 49 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994f1 (authorised persons), in a magistrates’ court sitting in Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court.

Signature

Maria Eagle

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

7th July 2007

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force in England and Wales on 25th July 2007 the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (“the 2003 Act”) specified in article 2 for the purposes of criminal proceedings instituted by specified persons in a magistrates’ court sitting in specified locations.

The effect of the Order is that a member of a police force, or a person authorised by a police force to institute criminal proceedings, may, under section 29 of the 2003 Act, institute criminal proceedings by issuing a written charge and requisition in a magistrates’ courts sitting in the locations specified in sub-paragraphs (i) to (xviii) of paragraph (a) of article 3. A person authorised under section 49 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 to conduct and appear in any proceedings involving the Secretary of State under that Act may also institute criminal proceedings by issuing a written charge and requisition in a magistrates’ court sitting in Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court.