# The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (Commencement No. 12 and Transitional Provision) Order 1998, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 1st March 1998 sections 1 to 4 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (which relate to secure training orders) and associated amendments and repeals in Schedules 10 and 11 to that Act.
By virtue of article 4 of the Order, the power to make a secure training order conferred by section 1 of the 1994 Act does not apply where the offence for which an offender is to be dealt with by the court was committed before that date.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/277/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994-commencement-no-12-and-transitional-provision-order-1998/note
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