Statutory Instruments
2010 No. 469 (C. 33)
Criminal Law, England And Wales
The Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2010
Made
25th February 2010
The Secretary of State, being the relevant national authority under section 66(3)(b) of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006( 1 ) makes the following Order, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 66(2) of that Act.
Citation and interpretation
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2010.
(2) In this Order, “the 2006 Act” means the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006.
Commencement
2. The following provisions of the 2006 Act shall come into force, in relation to proceedings in magistrates’ courts in the relevant areas, on 1st April 2010—
(a) section 6 (orders on conviction in criminal proceedings);
(b) section 7 (supplementary provision about orders on conviction);
(c) section 8 (variation or discharge of orders under s.6).
3. The following provisions of the 2006 Act shall come into force on 1st April 2010 in relation to proceedings in magistrates’ courts in the relevant areas, insofar as they are not already in force—
(a) section 9 (interim orders);
(b) section 10 (appeals);
(c) section 11 (breach of drinking banning orders);
(d) section 12 (approved courses);
(e) section 13 (certificates of completion of approved courses); and
(f) section 14 (interpretation of Chapter 1).
4. In articles 2 and 3, “the relevant areas” means the local justice areas( 2 ) set out in the Schedule.
Alan Campbell
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
25th February 2010
Article 4
SCHEDULE
| Local Justice Areas in England and Wales |
|---|
| Cardiff |
| Central and South West Staffordshire |
| City of London |
| City of Salford |
| Corby |
| Coventry District |
| Doncaster |
| East Dorset |
| East Kent |
| Fylde Coast |
| Hackney and Tower Hamlets |
| Halton |
| Hull and Holderness |
| Leicester |
| Lincoln District |
| North Staffordshire |
| Nottingham |
| Reading |
| South Devon |
| South East Hampshire |
| Southampton |
| Southern Derbyshire |
| Sussex (Central) |
| Teesside |
| Wakefield |
As defined in the Local Justice Areas Order 2005 ( S.I. 2005/554 ).