Article 2 Provisions coming into force on 3rd December 2012I1

United Kingdom

Subject to articles 3 to 7, the following provisions of the Act come into force on 3rd December 2012—

(a)

Chapter 1 of Part 3 (sentencing) except—

(i)

section 67(2)(a) and (5)(a) (court’s powers in relation to an offender following a finding that the offender has breached a community order);

(ii)

sections 76 and 77^f1 (alcohol abstinence and monitoring requirement etc);

(iii)

section 78(3) so far as it relates to alcohol abstinence and monitoring requirements; and

(iv)

sections 85 to 88 (fines);

(b)

Chapter 2 of Part 3 (bail);

(c)

Chapter 3 of Part 3 (remands of children otherwise than on bail);

(d)

Chapter 4 of Part 3 (release on licence etc) except section 119^f2;

(e)

Chapter 5 of Part 3 (dangerous offenders);

(f)

Chapter 6 of Part 3 (prisoners etc) except section 129;

(g)

Schedule 9 (changes to powers to make suspended sentence orders: consequential and transitory provision);

(h)

Schedule 10 (repeal of sections 181 to 188 of Criminal Justice Act 2003: consequential amendments);

(i)

Schedule 11 (amendments of enactments relating to bail);

(j)

Schedule 12 (remands of children otherwise than on bail: minor and consequential amendments);

(k)

Schedule 13 (crediting of time in custody);

(l)

Schedule 14 (prisoners serving less than 12 months: consequential amendments);

(m)

Schedule 15 (application of sections 108 to 119 and transitional and transitory provision);

(n)

Schedule 16 (amendments of Criminal Justice Act 2003: transitional and consequential provision);

(o)

Schedule 17 (Criminal Justice Act 2003: restatement of transitional provision);

(p)

Schedule 18 (life sentence for second listed offence etc: new Schedule 15B to Criminal Justice Act 2003);

(q)

Schedule 19 (life sentence for second listed offence: consequential and transitory provision);

(r)

Schedule 20 (release of new extended sentence prisoners: consequential amendments of Chapter 6 of Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003);

(s)

Schedule 21 (abolition of certain sentences for dangerous offenders and new extended sentences: consequential and transitory provision); and

(t)

Schedule 22 (dangerous offenders subject to service law etc).

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 2 in force at made date

Footnotes

f1: Section 77 of the Act came into force on Royal Assent (1st May 2012).
f2: Section 119 of the Act came into force on Royal Assent (1st May 2012).