Statutory Instruments
2008 No. 1424 (C. 63)
Criminal Law, England And Wales
The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 21) Order 2008
Made
3rd June 2008
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 336(3) and (4) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003( 1 ), makes the following Order:
Citation and interpretation
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 21) Order 2008.
(2) In this Order “the 2003 Act” means the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
Commencement
2. 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 come into force on 9th June 2008 for the purposes specified in article 3.
3. The purposes referred to in article 2 are the purposes of 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:
(a) Chester;
(b) Crewe;
(c) Macclesfield;
(d) Northwich;
(e) Runcorn;
(f) Warrington; and
(g) Widnes.
Maria Eagle
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
3rd June 2008
Ministry of Justice