Statutory Instruments
2010 No. 1858 (C. 94)
Criminal Law
The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2010
Made
19th July 2010
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 182(5) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009( 1 ), makes the following Order:
Citation and interpretation
1. β(1) This Order may be cited as the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2010.
(2) In this Order, βthe 2009 Actβ means the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.
Provisions coming into force on 2nd August 2010
2. The following provisions of the 2009 Act shall come into force on 2nd August 2010β
(a) section 145 (transfer to parole board of functions under the Criminal Justice Act 1991( 2 ));
(b) in section 177 (consequential etc amendments and transitional and saving provisions), subsection (2) (transitional, transitory and saving provisions) so far as it relates to the provision specified in sub-paragraph (d);
(c) section 178 (repeals), so far as it relates to the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (e);
(d) in Schedule 22 (transitional, transitory and saving provisions), paragraph 43 (transfer of functions to Parole Board); and
(e) in Part 5 of Schedule 23 (repeals: miscellaneous criminal justice provisions)β
(i) the repeals relating to the Criminal Justice Act 1991; and
(ii) the repeal relating to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008( 3 ).
Provisions coming into force on 15th August 2010
3. The following provisions of the 2009 Act shall come into force on 15th August 2010β
(a) section 144 (treatment of convictions in other member States etc), so far as it relates to the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (d);
(b) in section 177, subsection (2) so far as it relates to the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (e);
(c) section 178, so far as it relates to the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (f);
(d) in Schedule 17 (treatment of convictions in other member States etc)β
(i) paragraph 1 (evidence of bad character);
(ii) paragraph 3 (bail);
(iii) paragraphs 6 and 7 (determining the seriousness of an offence);
(iv) paragraph 10 (required custodial sentences for certain offences);
(v) paragraph 11 (restriction on imposing custodial sentence or service detention);
(vi) paragraph 12 (young offenders: referral conditions); and
(vii) paragraphs 13 to 15 (proving of foreign convictions before courts in England and Wales);
(e) in Schedule 22, paragraphs 40 to 42 (transitional provisions in relation to treatment of convictions in other member States etc), so far as they relate to paragraphs 1, 6, 7 and 10 to 15 of Schedule 17 to the 2009 Act; and
(f) in Part 5 of Schedule 23, the repeals relating toβ
(i) the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994( 4 );
(ii) the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000( 5 );
(iii) the Criminal Justice Act 2003( 6 ); and
(iv) section 238(3) of the Armed Forces Act 2006( 7 ).
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State
Crispin Blunt
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
19th July 2010