Article 2 Commencement

Subject to articles 3 and 4, the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act is 9^th June 2008—

(a)

section 26 (release of certain long-term prisoners under Criminal Justice Act 1991) save insofar as subsection (2) inserts subsections (1C) and (1D) in section 33 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991^f1;

(b)

section 148(1) and (2) (consequential etc. amendments and transitional and saving provision) insofar as they relate to the provisions specified in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this article;

(c)

the following paragraphs of Schedule 26 (minor and consequential amendments)—

(i)

9, 12(1) and (3)(b) and 19(1) and (4) (Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984^f2);

(ii)

29(1), (2) and (5) (Criminal Justice Act 1991);

(iii)

31 and 33(1) to (3) (Crime (Sentences) Act 1997^f3); and

(iv)

40 and 45(a) (Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000^f4); and

(d)

paragraphs 8 and 9 of Schedule 27 (transitory, transitional and saving provisions).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1991 c.53.
f2: 1984 c.47.
f3: 1997 c.43.
f4: 2000 c.6.