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The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 10) Order 2008

S.I. 2008/2785 · Made 24 October 2008

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Police

Made 24th October 2008

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by sections 49(3) and 53(1) of the Police and Justice Act 2006f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2006 c.48.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Commencement
  3. 3Commencement
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 10) Order 2008.

2Commencement

Section 45 (attendance by accused at certain preliminary or sentencing hearings) to the extent not already in force and section 46 (live link bail) of the Police and Justice Act 2006 shall come into force on 14 November 2008 in the local justice areasf1 of:

(i)

in London: Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Camden and Islington, City of London, City of Westminster, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich and Lewisham, Hackney and Tower Hamlets, Hammersmith and Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea, Haringey, Harrow Gore, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kingston-upon-Thames, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond-upon-Thames, Sutton, Waltham Forest, and Wandsworth; and

(ii)

in Kent: Central Kent, East Kent and North Kent.

3Commencement

The following provisions of the Police and Justice Act 2006 shall come into force on 14 November 2008—

(a)

section 52 in so far as it relates to the provisions in sub-paragraph (b); and

(b)

paragraphs 50 and 51 of Schedule 14 (minor and consequential amendments).

Signature

Vernon Coaker

Minister of State

Home Office

24th October 2008

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force the provisions of the Police and Justice Act 2006 set out in articles 2 and 3 on 14 November 2008.