Citation and interpretation

1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 24 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2010.

(2) In this Order—

“the 1996 Act” means the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996( 2 ); and

“the 2003 Act” means the Criminal Justice Act 2003.

Appointed days

2. —(1) The following provisions of the 2003 Act shall come into force on 26th April 2010 so far as they are not already in force—

(a) section 51 (live links in criminal proceedings);

(b) section 52 (effect of, and rescission of, direction);

(c) section 54 (warning to jury); and

(d) section 56 (interpretation of Part 8 (live links)).

(2) Section 53 of the 2003 Act (magistrates’ courts permitted to sit at other locations) shall come into force on 26th April 2010.

3. The following provisions of the 2003 Act shall come into force in relation to England and Wales on 1st May 2010—

(a) section 34 (notification of intention to call defence witnesses); and

(b) section 39 (faults in defence disclosure), so far as it inserts section 11(4) and (7) of the 1996 Act.

Transitional provisions

4. —(1) The coming into force, by virtue of article 2, of sections 51 to 54 and 56 of the 2003 Act shall have no effect in relation to proceedings beginning before 26th April 2010.

(2) The coming into force, by virtue of article 3, of sections 34 and 39 of the 2003 Act shall have no effect in relation to a case to which Part 1 of the 1996 Act applies by virtue of section 1(1) or (2) of that Act before 1st May 2010.

(3) In this article, “proceedings” means the criminal proceedings listed in section 51(2) of the 2003 Act.