{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-violence-crime-and-victims-act-2004-commencement-no-1-order-2005/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-violence-crime-and-victims-act-2004-commencement-no-1-order-2005/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/579",
  "legislation_title": "The Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-violence-crime-and-victims-act-2004-commencement-no-1-order-2005",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 shall come into force on 31st March 2005—\n(a) section 11 (common assault etc as alternative verdict);\n(b) sections 22 to 26 and Schedules 2 and 3 (unfitness to plead and insanity);\n(c) section 28 (disclosure orders for purpose of executing warrants);\n(d) section 29 and Schedule 5 (procedure on breach of community penalty etc);\n(e) section 31 and Schedule 6 (intermittent custody);\n(f) section 58(1) (amendments and repeals) in so far as it relates to the paragraphs of Schedule 10 in paragraph (h) below;\n(g) paragraphs 1, 3 to 6, 8, 12, 14, 17 to 23, 25, 31 to 32, 45 to 46, 57 to 58 and 60 to 61 of Schedule 10 (minor and consequential amendments);\n(h) section 58(2) (amendments and repeals) in so far as it relates to the entries in Schedule 11 in paragraph (j) below;\n(i) in Schedule 11 (repeals), the entries relating to:\n(i) the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964;\n(ii) the Criminal Appeal Act 1968;\n(iii) the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968;\n(iv) the Juries Act 1974;\n(v) the Supreme Court Act 1981;\n(vi) the Mental Health Act 1983;\n(vii) the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985;\n(viii) the Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991;\n(ix) the Armed Forces Act 1996;\n(x) the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997; and\n(xi) the Sexual Offences Act 2003;\n(j) section 59 (transitionals and transitory provisions) in so far as it relates to the paragraphs of Schedule 12 in paragraph (l) below; and\n(k) paragraphs 8 and 9 of Schedule 12.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/579/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:06:59.827240+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}