Citation and interpretation

1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No.16) Order 2007.

(2) In this Order “the 2003 Act” means the Criminal Justice Act 2003.

Commencement

2. Subject to article 3, section 29(1) to (3), (5) and (6) (new method of instituting proceedings) and section 30 (further provision about the new method) of the 2003 Act shall come into force on 25th July 2007.

3. The coming into force of the provisions specified in article 2 shall have effect only for the purposes of—

(a) criminal proceedings instituted by a public prosecutor within the meaning of section 29(5)(a) of the 2003 Act (a police force, or a person authorised by a police force to institute criminal proceedings), in a magistrates’ court sitting in one of the following locations:

(i) Barking Magistrates’ Court;

(ii) Bexley Magistrates’ Court;

(iii) Brentford Magistrates’ Court;

(iv) Bromley Magistrates’ Court;

(v) Coalville Magistrates’ Court;

(vi) Croydon Magistrates’ Court;

(vii) Harrow Magistrates’ Court;

(viii) Hendon Magistrates’ Court;

(ix) Knowsley Magistrates’ Court;

(x) Loughborough Magistrates’ Court;

(xi) Melton Magistrates’ Court;

(xii) Oakham Magistrates’ Court;

(xiii) Redbridge Magistrates’ Court;

(xiv) Richmond Magistrates’ Court;

(xv) St Helens Magistrates’ Court;

(xvi) Waltham Forest Magistrates’ Court;

(xvii) City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court; and

(xviii) Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court; and

(b) criminal proceedings instituted by a public prosecutor within the meaning of section 29(5)(e) of the 2003 Act (a person authorised by a Secretary of State to institute criminal proceedings), who is authorised for the purposes of section 49 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994( 2 ) (authorised persons), in a magistrates’ court sitting in Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court.