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CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

CRIMINAL LAW, NORTHERN IRELAND

CRIMINAL LAW, SCOTLAND

Made 17th November 1998

Laid before Parliament 27th November 1998

Coming into force 18th December 1998

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 17th day of November 1998

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in pursuance of paragraph 19 of Schedule 1 to the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997^f1, including as it applies by section 121(12)(b) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998^f2, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered as follows:–