{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/youth-justice-and-criminal-evidence-act-1999/schedule-4/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/youth-justice-and-criminal-evidence-act-1999/schedule-4/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/23",
  "legislation_title": "Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/youth-justice-and-criminal-evidence-act-1999",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 1 of the Criminal Evidence Act 1898 (competence of accused as witness for the defence) is amended as follows.\n(2) Omit the words from the beginning to “Provided as follows:—”.\n(3) In paragraph (a) of the proviso—\n(a) for “so charged” substitute “ charged in criminal proceedings ”; and\n(b) for “in pursuance of this Act” substitute “ in the proceedings ”.\n(4) In paragraph (e) of the proviso—\n(a) for “and being a witness in pursuance of this Act” substitute “ in criminal proceedings who is called as a witness in the proceedings ”; and\n(b) for “the offence charged” substitute “ any offence with which he is charged in the proceedings ”.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) In paragraph (g) of the proviso, for “called as a witness in pursuance of this Act” substitute “ charged in criminal proceedings who is called as a witness in the proceedings ”.\n(7) Paragraphs (a), (e), (f) and (g) of the proviso shall be respectively numbered as subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4) of the section.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 1(5) repealed (15.12.2004) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), s. 336(3)(4), Sch. 37 Pt. 5; S.I. 2004/3033, art. 3(1)(2)(e)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 1 wholly in force in so far as not already in force at 24.7.2002 see S.I. 2002/1739, {art. 2(f)}"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "nia/2026/6",
      "affecting_title": "Insolvency (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2026"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/23/schedule/4/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:51.659271+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."
}