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The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (Commencement No. 8 and Transitional Provision) Order 1995

S.I. 1995/1957 · Made 23 July 1995

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CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

CRIMINAL LAW, SCOTLAND

CRIMINAL LAW, NORTHERN IRELAND

Made 23rd July 1995

In exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 172(2) and (3) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994f1, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1994 c. 33.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. 4Article 4
  5. 5Article 5
  6. 6Article 6
  7. Signature
  8. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (Commencement No. 8 and Transitional Provision) Order 1995.

2

In this Order any reference to a section or a schedule is a reference to a section of or, as the case may be, a schedule to, the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.

3

Sections 75 and 76 and paragraph 53 of Schedule 10 (squatters: interim possession orders: power of entry) shall come into force on 24th August 1995.

4

Section 45, Schedule 5 and paragraph 65 of Schedule 10 (extension of procedures for guilty pleas) shall come into force on 4th September 1995.

5

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2) below, section 89 (video recordings: restriction of exemptions) shall come into force on 1st November 1995.

(2)

Paragraph (1) above does not apply in relation to a video work of which a video recording has been supplied or offered for supply prior to 1st November 1995.

(3)

In this article “video work” and “video recording” have the same meanings as in the Video Recordings Act 1984f1.

6

Section 168 shall, so far as it is not already in force, come into force on 4th September 1995 to the extent necessary to bring into force on that date the provisions of Schedule 11 (repeals) so far as it relates to the following enactments:

Signature

Michael Howard

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

23rd July 1995

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force the provisions of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 referred to in articles 3, 4, 5 and 6 on the dates specified respectively in those articles in respect of those provisions. Article 5 also contains a transitional provision.