Article 3 Commencement

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 1994^f1 (authorised persons), in a magistrates’ court sitting in Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2004 c. 22.