The Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2010
S.I. 2010/2541 · Made 18 October 2010
Criminal Law, England And Wales
Made 18th October 2010
The Secretary of State, being the relevant national authority under section 66(3)(b) of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006f1, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 66(2) of that Act.
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
- f1
Contents
- 1Citation and interpretation
- 2Commencement
- 3Commencement
- 4Commencement
- Signature
- Schedule Schedule
- Explanatory note
1Citation and interpretation
This Order may be cited as the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2010.
In this Order, “the 2006 Act” means the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006.
2Commencement
The following provisions of the 2006 Act shall come into force, in relation to proceedings in magistrates’ courts in the relevant areas, on 1st November 2010—
section 6 (orders on conviction in criminal proceedings);
section 7 (supplementary provision about orders on conviction); and
section 8 (variation or discharge of orders under section 6).
3Commencement
The following provisions of the 2006 Act shall come into force on 1st November 2010 in relation to proceedings in magistrates’ courts in the relevant areas, insofar as they are not already in force—
section 9 (interim orders);
section 10 (appeals);
section 11 (breach of drinking banning orders);
section 12 (approved courses);
section 13 (certificates of completion of approved courses); and
section 14 (interpretation of Chapter 1).
4Commencement
In articles 2 and 3, “the relevant areas” means the local justice areasf1 set out in the Schedule to this Order.
Signature
James Brokenshire
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Home Office
18th October 2010
| Local Justice Areas in England and Wales |
|---|
| Birmingham |
| Bristol |
| Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale |
| City of Westminster |
| Denbighshire |
| East Berkshire |
| Fenland |
| Grimsby and Cleethorpes |
| Gwent |
| Hammersmith and Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea |
| Hartlepool |
| Lambeth and Southwark |
| Manchester City |
| Mansfield |
| Merthyr Tydfil |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne District |
| North East Derbyshire and Dales |
| North East Suffolk |
| North Kent |
| North Tyneside District |
| Northampton |
| Plymouth District |
| Sedgemoor |
West Cornwall West Hertfordshire |
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force those provisions in Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 which provide for the imposition of drinking banning orders on conviction.
Article 2 brings the provisions into force in specified local justice areas (as set out in the Schedule to the Order). Magistrates’ courts in those local justice areas will be able on or after 1st November 2010 to impose a drinking banning order on conviction in accordance with section 6 of the 2006 Act.
Article 3 brings into force related provisions in the 2006 Act dealing with drinking banning orders, in the specified areas, insofar as they are not already in force in respect of drinking banning orders on application in accordance with sections 3 and 4 of the 2006 Act.
Drinking banning orders on application to the magistrates’ court and in county court proceedings in accordance with sections 3 and 4 of the 2006 Act, and the related provisions insofar as they relate to those drinking banning orders, have already been brought into force with effect from 31st August 2009 by the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2009 (SI/2009/1840).
Drinking banning orders on conviction in accordance with section 6, and the related provisions insofar as they relate to those drinking banning orders, have already been brought into force with effect from 1st April 2010 in specified local justice areas by the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2010 (SI 2010/469).